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Buried under orders and lies, a young soldier learns what command really costs.

When Sergeant Orson Kael drops into the ruined sprawl of Sector 7 to extract a source known only as Blackspire, the op looks routine until the drones close in, comms go dark, and enemy teams start calling Kael’s unit by their own classified callsigns. Someone high up sold them out.

Pinned between kill-teams above and a city collapsing below, Kael uncovers fragments of a larger plot: coordinated strikes aimed at civilian evacuation centers. With his squad bleeding and the clock hitting zero, he faces an impossible choice—save his men, or save thousands of innocents—and discovers the betrayal that will shape the man he becomes.

From smoke-choked stairwells to last-stand corridors, this tight, high-velocity mission thriller peels back Kael’s origin—the moment loyalty fractures, trust dies, and a soldier decides who he’ll be when orders and conscience collide.

Perfect for fans of relentless military SF, covert ops conspiracies, and morally tough protagonists who refuse to break.

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