Kade Mercer plays the disgraced drunkard to conceal his true heritage as a fallen commander's heir. When he thwarts a rogue prince to seize command of the Royal Fleet, his triumph turns bitter as his treacherous stepmother frames him for treason while attempting to bleed him for an ancient star map.
Stripped of rank and hunted across space, Kade must unite exiled border outcasts alongside an aloof royal fiancée who slowly discovers his true brilliance. With an alien armada breaching the frontier, he risks total execution to defend a realm that already branded him a criminal.
