
by EamonCurbelo
A survivor of the Empire’s brutal war with the Federation, former Marine Captain Jack Lockley returns home determined to leave the past behind and rebuild a quiet life with his wife. But in the sprawling hive city of Nexus, where gang violence, corporate power, and cybernetic ambition rule, peace proves impossible. While working at CyberTech, the Empire’s technological crown jewel, Jack stumbles onto a secret capable of reshaping the balance of power across the stars. What begins as a search for answers soon exposes a conspiracy reaching from the criminal underworld to the highest levels of the Empire, and Jack finds himself caught in the machinery of something far larger than he ever imagined. But Jack Lockley has never been good at leaving a fight unfinished. Stripped of everything he once was and rebuilt into something new, Jack begins hunting those responsible, following the conspiracy from the blood-soaked streets of Nexus toward the powers hiding behind it. The deeper he goes, the more dangerous the truth becomes, until his fight for answers threatens to become a war against the very system he once served.
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| 1 | Prologue: Ashen Skies | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 1: Artemis | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 2: An Unlikely Friend | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 3: Hidden Truths | 0 |
| 5 | Chapter 4: An Invisible Hand | 0 |
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| Chapter 5: Chasing Ghosts |
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| 7 | Chapter 6: The Eagle’s Eye | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 7: Silence | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 8: Pink Flowers | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 9: Lab Rat | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 10: The Man in Black | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 11: The Tether | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 12: A Cold, Cold World | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 13: Rage | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 14: Into the Abyss | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 15: Grafted | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 16: A New Dawn | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 17: The Congregation | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 18: Symptoms of The World | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 19: Splinters In the Congregation | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 20: Heavy-Heavy Bag | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 21: The Lion's Den | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 22: Cowboy | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 23: Grays, Grafts, and Ghosts | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 24: All Roads Lead Below | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 25: Demon | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 26: Aurora Node | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 27: Peter's Choice | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 28: The Underbelly | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 29: Closer Than Ever | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 30: Peanut Gallery | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 31: The Man in the Dark | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 32: Ghosts | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 33: Abomination | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 34: Parting of Ways | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 35: Webs Upon Webs | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 36: Unforgiven | 0 |
| 38 | Chapter 37: False Faces, Fragile Truths | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 38: Elysium Spire | 0 |
| 40 | Chapter 39: Gilded Masks | 0 |
| 41 | Chapter 40: Triggerpoint | 0 |
| 42 | Chapter 41: Crossing the Rubicon | 0 |
| 43 | Chapter 42: No Heroes Here | 0 |
| 44 | Chapter 43: Exit Wounds | 0 |
| 45 | Chapter 44: Ashes Between Us | 0 |
| 46 | Chapter 45: The Harbinger | 0 |
| 47 | Chapter 46: A Warlike Man | 0 |
| 48 | Chapter 47: Seikaro | 0 |
| 49 | Chapter 48: Moving Pieces | 0 |
| 50 | Chapter 49: The Long Night | 0 |
| 51 | Chapter 50: Revenants | 0 |
| 52 | Chapter 51: Whispers of Death | 0 |
| 53 | Chapter 52: Express Elevator to Hell | 0 |
| 54 | Chapter 53: Death From Above | 0 |
| 55 | Chapter 54: Violation Protocol | 0 |
| 56 | Chapter 55: Hide and Don't Die | 0 |
| 57 | Chapter 56: Hammerfall | 0 |
| 58 | Chapter 57: Fall of Titans | 0 |
| 59 | Chapter 58: A Crown of Ash | 0 |
| 60 | Chapter 59: More than Revenge | 0 |
| 61 | Epilogue | 0 |