Calliope survived the initial battle, the alien retaliation, and her first spying mission. Now she needs a way to fight against impossible odds.
Calliope Morrigan follows the aliens to watch as they capture her decoy. Seeing an escaping ship, she rescues it, and against all odds, reunites with her mother. However, her mother is not alone on the escape ship.
Having seen the enemy's immeasurable advantage, Calliope searches for clues to the origin of the aliens. After years in an alien prison, her mother can translate the alien language. There is a chance to negotiate with the alien threat, but can they be trusted?
With the help of Arn, Jared, and Eylana, she builds capital ships, with better weapons and stealth engineering, the start of a fleet.
Can Calliope decipher the origins of this strange species in time to avoid a war? Her mother lets alien prisoners escape. Can she be trusted, or did the aliens send a spy of the own?
