From Jack Campbell, New York Times bestselling author of the Lost Fleet series, the second installment of the Genesis Fleet trilogy, where an independent planet finds itself at war...

For the colony of Glenlyon, the attack comes as a shock. One of their two warships taken out, in what ought to be neutral space, and an unofficial blockade in force—clearly the star systems aligned against them are hoping to take the planet without a fight. Glenlyon is unprepared, outnumbered, and unready for any kind of battle, but they're not about to surrender.

The council at least knows who to call. Rob Geary's total command experience was three years ago, in one unlikely victory that saved his planet. Now Geary finds himself commodore of a one-ship navy, his crew badly rattled and accustomed to leaders who value nothing but checklists and protocol. His old comrade Mele Darcy gets to stand up a brand-new Marine force, twenty volunteers strong.

Geary knows Glenlyon must find help, and he suspects the friendly worlds nearest them need aid themselves. But their enemies are closing in. Against superior forces, across the long dark distance of space, he must be quick, bold, and above all, unexpected...



"Jack Campbell" is the pseudonym for John G. Hemry, a retired Naval officer who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis before serving with the surface fleet and in a variety of other assignments. He is the author of The Lost Fleet military science fiction series, as well as the Beyond the Frontier continuation of The Lost Fleet, spin-off series The Lost Stars, the Stark's War series, and the Paul Sinclair/"JAG in space" series. His short fiction appears frequently in Analog magazine, and many have been collected in the three Jack Campbell ebook anthologies, Ad Astra, Borrowed Time, and Swords and Saddles. The Pillars of Reality is his first epic fantasy series. He lives with his indomitable wife and three children in Maryland.