It has been one-hundred and seventy-five years since the birth of the first truly sentient AI. It has been just two short years since Lyssa's birth... Captain Andy Sykes just wants to keep his family in one piece. Once a combat pilot for the TSF, he gave it all up for love and a family. But two years ago, his wife disappeared, leaving him with two mouths to feed: eight year-old Tim, ten year-old Cara. Since then, he's managed to scrape a living hauling cargo between the Jovian Combine and InnerSol. It's not glamorous, his ship's falling apart, and it's boring as hell, but it keeps them in fuel and calories. When a cargo run to Cruithne Station meets with more than one catastrophe, Andy finds himself accepting an offer a less desperate man would refuse: delivering an illegal AI named Lyssa. The AI is the property of Heartbridge, a powerful, interplanetary corporation, and they want their latest weapon back. With a private army, gangs, and pirates all vying for the precious cargo Andy carries, it's going to take everything Andy has to keep his ship flying, his kids safe, and get Lyssa to her destination. Even if he succeeds, Lyssa's very existence may spark a war like no other humanity has ever seen. Reading Order The Aeon 14 universe is vast and growing quickly. To help you know where to go next, pick up the handy dandy FREE READING GUIDE : amazon.com/dp/B073MY9Z87 The Books of Aeon 14 The Intrepid Saga Book 1: Outsystem - Book 2: A Path in the Darkness - Book 3: Building Victoria - Book 1 & 2 Extended Edition: Desitiny Rising The Orion War Book 1: Destiny Lost - Tales of the Orion War: Set the Galaxy on Fire (short story anthology) - Book 2: New Canaan - Book 3: Orion Rising - Visit aeon14.com/orionwar to learn what's coming next. Perilous Alliance (Age of the Orion War) Book 1: Close Proximity - Book 2: Strike Vector (coming August, 2017) - Book 3: Collision Course (coming October, 2017) Sentience Wars: Origins (The Sentience Wars) Book 1: Lyssa's Dream - Book 2: Lyssa's Run (coming October, 2017) - Book 3: Lyssa's Flame (coming January, 2017) Rika's Marauders (Age of the Orion War) Prequel: Rika Mechanized - Book 1: Rika Outcast (coming August 2017) Perseus Gate (Age of the Orion War) Episode 1: The Gate at the Grey Wolf Star - Episode 2: The Sorld at the Edge of Space (coming July 2017) - Episode 3: The Dance on the Moons of Serenity The Warlord (Age of the Orion War) Book 1: The Woman Without a Country (coming September 2017) The Sol Dissolution The 242 - Venusian Uprising (In The Expanding Universe 2 anthology) - The 242 - Assault on Tarja (In The Expanding Universe 3 anthology - comming December 2017) The Delta Team Chronicles (Age of the Orion War) A "Simple" Kidnapping (Pew! Pew! anthology Volume #1) - The Disney World (Pew! Pew! anthology Volume #2 - September 2017) The Plundered Chronicles The Girl Who Touched the Stars