Fleet School Dropout

They trained her to follow orders. She learned to break them.

Riko Vega was supposed to be the Republic's future—another bright cadet polished into perfection by Fleet School. Instead, she's their greatest liability. Expelled, disgraced, and bonded to a rogue war AI named Vesper, Riko is about to become something far more dangerous than anyone imagined.

When a forgotten Ascendant facility stirs beneath the bones of a dead war, Riko and Vesper find themselves at the center of a conspiracy buried deep in the wreckage of the galaxy. Hunted by warlords, hunted by ghosts, and betrayed by the very command that trained her, Riko must decide who she is—before someone else decides for her.

Armed with stolen tech, raw defiance, and an AI with attitude, Riko Vega might just become the spark that reignites a war the Republic thought it buried.