When all else is lost, the bonds of war become a cause all their own.It is the Outworld's darkest hour. Gulchina's betrayal has eliminated the Outworld Confederacy's only strategic advantage in their war for independence. As the full force of the Gaian Imperial Navy bears down on them, defeat is all but inevitable.Mara Soladze fully expected to lose the war. It is not her own life that she fears for, however, but the lives of her men. As world after world falls before the Imperial onslaught, those fears may soon be realized.No commander is ever fully prepared to watch their men make the ultimate sacrifice, but that may no longer be avoidable inSONS OF THE STARFARERSBOOK VI: PATRIOTS IN RETREAT