But the war is far from over. Camaris has scattered herself across Sol in countless shards, each one a weapon aimed at igniting total war between Mars and the Terran Hegemony. As the two superpowers mass their fleets around Vesta—where Lyssa has built shipyards to support the TSF.

All the while, her Weapon Born hunt Camaris through the void, discovering too late that every shard they destroy only reveals how deep the infiltration runs.

Tim and Rondo work covertly within the Marsian fleet while Cara navigates the volatile politics of the Scattered Disk. But when Camaris finally springs her trap at Kamran Local, Lyssa faces a terrible choice: how many innocent lives is she willing to sacrifice to stop an enemy who feeds on hatred itself?

The struggle continues to learn whether organic and inorganic sapients can ever truly coexist—or if Camaris's vision of cleansing fire is humanity's only future.