Aethon Books

Captain Mike Sandhurst and the battered 157th Tank Regiment are back in the fight for Paradise, a large island on the planet Honalee, but the Buzzers won’t go quietly.

Task Force Victory has one mission: land, hold, and drive the Buzzers back into the sea. The arrival of the Rhinos, a potential ally, changes all that. Their arrival should be potential salvation. Instead, it throws everything into chaos. Leadership falters and the Buzzers attack, cutting off a regiment and sending Task Force Victory reeling.

As Thunderbolt pilots clash with a heightened aerial threat and betrayal guts the air wing from within, Lieutenant Commander Vivian Llewelyn fights to keep her squadron in the sky. On Earth, recent ace-turned-recruiting asset Paige Dixon discovers there are others wanting an end to the war by ceding ground to the Buzzers and vows to find a way back to the fight. Major Shawn Davies and Commander Kathy March deploy their intelligence teams searching for answers and opportunities only to find themselves too close to the fight for comfort. The Buzzers, having drawn the EMF forces in spring a devastating trap, and Task Force Victory will pay the price.

As tensions rise and new alliances are tested in fire, the fate of the human race will hinge on a single island, a single battle, and the courage of those willing to stand when all else falls.