Leo Vance has never been kissed, never held a hand, never let anyone close. His parents sent him away at sixteen to a camp that tried to pray the gay out of him, and he has been hiding ever since, alone in a remote observatory where the stars do not judge. Then a malfunctioning alien drone pulls him through a beam of light, and he wakes up in a holding cell on a warship called the Oathkeeper. Three Aethyrian males stand on the other side of the glass. Rhyan is the healer, eighty-nine years old, with golden skin that glows when he is happy or aroused, and a past full of pain he hides behind a constant smile. Kaelem is the strategist, three centuries old, amber-eyed and sharp, with a back carved up by scars from a punishment he never deserved and a secret that could get them all killed. Dathiel is the commander, two hundred and forty-seven years old, frozen in grief for forty years after watching his bonded mate die in his arms, convinced he will never love again. They never meant to take a human. They never meant to want one. But Leo looks at them like they are worth something, and that changes everything. A corrupt High Council commander named Thorne is hunting them across the galaxy, determined to cut Leo open for military secrets. To survive, the four men must move from terror to trust, from forced proximity to undeniable desire, and from a lifetime of hiding to a love that could destroy them all. Leo has never allowed himself to want. Rhyan has never stopped pretending to be fine. Kaelem has never trusted anyone with the truth. Dathiel has never risked loving again. The most dangerous thing on this ship is not Thorne's warship. It is the feelings they can no longer hide. The Abduction Protocol is the first book in the Shattered Stars trilogy, a polyamorous dark romance about one human and three alien males. It contains a gay awakening, a significant age gap (twenty-four to three hundred), forced proximity, alien abduction, hurt and comfort, and a hard-won happy ending that will carry into the next book. Spicy scenes are explicit. Emotions run high. The aliens are hot, broken, and very determined.