Book Two of the Milleran Cluster Series

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When the erratic but brilliant engineer Ty is nearly torn apart by excavation equipment, it is up to his friend Zoey to rescue him. On board the first explorer sun ship, the Constantia, Ty soon discovers that the failure of the enormous machine was no accident.

Meanwhile, on his home planet of Pa’Kevutu, a simple act of defiance turns into a large scale revolution that threatens to change the oppressive corporate governmental structure. Hoping to distract the people from the message of the rebels, the corporate executives send the Constantia on a controversial mission to find much needed resources on a large asteroid.

What Commander Wek and his crew discover is that the planet is the home of yet another human race but that fact does not dissuade them from their mission to rape the planet.

With only a fleet of small defenseless orbiters and a great deal of determination, the inhabitants of the planet of Pa’Chot decide to defend themselves. The war for the control of the collection of asteroids known as The Milleran Cluster begins.

Contents

Prologue

1. Standing Alone

2. A Heavy Burden

3. Only the Conviction

4. The Law of the Land

5. The Success of Fools

6. The Deception of Survival

7. Choose Wisely

8. The Curse of Affection

9. On the Knife's Edge

10. Pass It On

11. Act First

12. Loud Enough and Often

13. Preparation

14. A New Fabric

15. The Other Side of Kindness

16. We Wait

17. Resistance Is Futile

18. Ebb and Flow

19. The Untouchable

20. Fire and Water

21. The Light in the Heart

22. Fire in the Sky

23. Honor Above All

24. What Comes of It

25. Isolation

26. The Arrival

27. The Precipice

28. Preemptive Strike

29. In Theory and Practice

30. The Path of Oppression

31. Good Works

32. The Wake of Destruction

33. The Invisible Continuum

34. The Unattainable Horizon

35. Crying in the Wilderness

36. Relax and Float

37. Words Immortal

38. Realization

39. Asteroids

40. The Teaching of Suffering

41. Snow and Rain

42. Mistakes Made

43. Revenge and Power

44. The Silent Depths

45. Acts of Violence

46. The Pleasant Sleep

47. No Need for Meaning

Epilogue

• Maps

• Teminology

• Characters

• Chotian Phrases

• The Ships

• Acknowledgements

• About the Author