Ally

In the gripping universe orbiting Cavanagh's Star, the planets are teetering on the brink of collapse. Umeh is consumed by a civil war, stoked by outside forces, threatening to decimate its vastly overpopulated civilization. Meanwhile, on Bezer'ej, the last remnants of its native aquatic species are driven to desperate, even horrifying, measures to secure their survival after a near-total extermination. Observing this unfolding chaos are the interlopers from Earth, acutely aware that they partially instigated these conflicts and that their own home world is next on the cosmic chopping block. The fearsome Eqbas are rapidly approaching, poised to radically reshape Earth, potentially at the cost of humanity's very existence. Central to this maelstrom is Shan Frankland, once a human police officer, now something profoundly different. She is forced to confront where her true allegiance lies: with the 'gethes' she now inhabits, her former home world, or the newly presented crisis of a dying alien species. Her choice will determine the fate of many worlds, including her own.