The Hostel has fallen. The Mahshi occupy the colony, their warship blotting out the sky. To protect his people, Kesta Orat is given a cruel deliver Flip and Sorsha, or see his home end as he knows it. Flip and Sorsha are closer than ever to completing their mission—one final step could save an entire world. Yet when their friends are taken hostage, duty turns to desperation. Outnumbered and outgunned, they must decide whether to risk everything in a fight they cannot win… or abandon the people who have given up much to help them. The Mahshi will stop at nothing to claim the technology they seek. Can two people defy an army? Or will this fight be their last?