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ON DARENTI, EVEN TRUST IS A WEAPON. Lieutenant Serenity "Siti" Kassis is used to living in her father's shadow. Admiral Kassis made first contact with an alien species and became a galactic hero. Siti just has to close the deal and get them into the Commonwealth. How hard could it be? As it turns out: very. The Darenti are brilliant, beautiful, and hiding something big. Really big. The diplomatic mission is already wobbling when Siti is lured away from the base by aliens she definitely should not have followed — a choice that will upend everything she thought she knew about the Darenti, the mission, and Liam, her faithful sair-glider companion of eight years. Joined by Joss, Nibs, and an increasingly chaotic supporting cast, Siti races to expose a corrupt power grab before it reshapes the entire galaxy. All she has to do is outmaneuver a shapeshifting politician, locate a legendary rock, and figure out exactly who — and what — she can trust. Dad made it look easy. She's starting to suspect he left some things out of his memoir. Comparable works include A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Skyward, His Majesty's Dragons, Ancillary Justice, Aurora Rising