Description:

On a summer night like any other, an emergency call sounds in the quarters of Andira Tal, Lancer of Alsea. The news is shocking: not only is there other intelligent life in the universe, but it’s landing on the planet right now.

Tal leads the first responding team and ends up rescuing aliens who have a frightening story to tell. They protected Alsea from a terrible fate—but the reprieve is only temporary.

Captain Ekatya Serrado of the Fleet ship Caphenon serves the Protectorate, a confederation of worlds with a common political philosophy. She has just sacrificed her ship to save Alsea, yet political maneuvering may mean she did it all for nothing.

Alsea is now a prize to be bought and sold by galactic forces far more powerful than a tiny backwater planet. But Lancer Tal is not one to accept a fate imposed by aliens, and she’ll do whatever it takes to save her world.

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Review

"The Caphenon excels with meticulous and believable world-building, and combines it with a touch of space opera replete with epic fights for survival." -Curve Magazine

"The tale DeLancey weaves in this book is astoundingly fascinating. Not only does she stitch together a completely original universe equipped with detailed histories and lore for each of its inhabitants, but her deeply creative plot gripped me to the core." -The Rainbow Hub