Akuleh—Ku to his friends—thought his life would get easier after he learned his destiny wasn’t inescapably bound to his people’s death demon, Machitew.
Then the enemy Supremacy gained a new ally that pushed the Resistance Pact forces into a two-front war across the galaxy. To halt the enemy’s advance and liberate a captured world, Ku’s unit, the 15th Aerospace Combat Wing, deploys to a planet aptly named for the destination of condemned souls. The terrain is rugged; the fighting worse.
Combat losses and personal commitments lead to new responsibilities on and off duty, but it doesn’t take Ku long to learn that the greatest burden of leadership will come with his true destiny, the one revealed months earlier on a stormy mountain.
Will Ku be able to rise to the challenges of his new life and destiny, or will he be crushed under the burden?