The Alaska Protocol

Commander Ragnar Chamberlain is built like a glacier--broad, imposing, and seemingly unbreakable. But beneath his stoic exterior lies a haunting fear: the ghost of his father's failure. When he's handed the keys to the U.S.S. Alaska, the most advanced escort starship in the United Terran Federation, Ragnar doesn't see glory. He sees variables he must master to keep his crew alive.

The Alaska is a wild animal straining at its leash, powered by a zero-point core and crewed by strangers who don't yet trust their commander. Before Ragnar can even finish the shakedown, the Alaska is put to the ultimate test. A predatory civilization known as the Kentrax has arrived, and they aren't just looking for conquest--they're looking for fuel.

From the clinical silence of the bridge to the claustrophobic horror of a biological hive-world, Ragnar must lead a desperate defense against an enemy that defies human logic. As the Kentrax swarm the corridors and gravity itself becomes a weapon, Ragnar faces the same choice his father once did: sacrifice the few to save the many, or find a way to defeat the disaster he spent his life trying to outrun.

Will the Alaska be the Federation's salvation, or Ragnar's final stand?