What if the only hope for humanity rests on a cruise ship?

Lee Pearce, a former Confederation commander, ekes out a bleak existence aboard the Terran Princess, a luxury liner adrift in a galaxy overrun by the Ch'Tauk. When a battered transport ship appears, crewed by human prisoners escaped from the brutal alien empire, Lee finds himself thrust back into a war he thought was over.

But these aren't ordinary refugees. They carry a secret, a desperate message hinting at a lost fleet and a weapon powerful enough to turn the tide against the Ch'Tauk. Now, hunted by both the aliens and a rogue admiral consumed by vengeance, Lee must rally the Terran Princess's ragtag crew for a mission that could save humanity-or doom them all.

Can Lee lead a band of civilians and misfits against impossible odds, or will the Terran Princess become another casualty in the war for Terra?

James is the author of the Resolute Saga, an eight-book series that begins with Resolute Command. He is a Social Studies teacher who lives with his wife in Florida. When he isn't writing or teaching, he enjoys building plastic models and creating foam villages.