With the ashes of a brutal regime still cooling, synthetic soldier Kyle is plunged into a fragile new peace. His only mission now is to protect his two adopted sons and carve out a semblance of a home in a universe that created him to be a weapon. But peace is a luxury, and Kyle is soon caught between a manipulative benefactor with galactic ambitions, a new duty as the reluctant go-between for a terrifyingly powerful AI, and the shadows of his past. Kyle's search for stability leads him to an impossible discovery: an ancient, sentient starship that wants him as its captain. This raw, provocative journey explores the cost of freedom and the nature of humanity in a man who was never meant to have one.