It is the third year of the Alliance War. Under the firm leadership of Premier Maxim Darius, the Commonwealth has amassed overwhelming strength. Its vast battle fleets and endless legions are systematically grinding down the breakaway Alliance of Independent Systems. Admiral Justin Tolliver has earned a place among the great commanders of history, and his protege Commodore Adam Flyte is a hero with acces to the highest levels of power. With victory in sight, the intrigue around Darius reaches a fever pitch, as the desperate Alliance pulls out all the stops to achieve total victory. The third in a four-book series, Fall of the Commonwealth chronicles the bloody culmination of the Alliance War.