Born into the cold, crushing tyranny of the Andromeda galaxy, Valer has risen from the shadows of servitude to become the fierce leader of an underground human rebellion. To the ruthless reptilian masters who rule her world, humanity is merely property. To the resistance, Valer is the beacon of hope. But defiance has a steep price, and a failed operation leaves her cornered, facing certain execution. Then, the impossible happens. An outsider crashes into her world—Hank, a brash pilot from the Milky Way. He arrived through an accidental, mysterious discovery: an ancient relay bridge anchored in the quantum foam, capable of instantaneous transit across millions of light-years. Nobody knows who built this cosmic backdoor, but it has just connected a desperate resistance with a free human civilization ready to wage an intergalactic war of liberation. Snatched from the jaws of defeat by Hank's daring rescue, Valer must now unite her underground fighters with the incoming forces of the Milky Way. The reptiles will stop at nothing to reclaim their property and seal the bridge, but Valer and Hank are about to prove that some chains, once broken, can never be forged again.
