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A Novel of the Photon Age

In the waning decades of the 24th century, humanity sails not seas, but starlight.

Newly promoted Solar Commander Cassian Hunt takes charge of the H.M.S. Dauntless, a proud but aging solar frigate outfitted with kilometer-wide light sails and a skeleton crew. Tasked with escorting merchant convoys across the volatile Mars-Ceres Trade Corridor, Hunt must navigate not only the slow ballet of solar winds, but also the tempers, ambitions, and doubts of the crew beneath him.

Among them: the sharp-eyed helmswoman Riva Solace, fiercely loyal but burdened with secrets; the enigmatic First Officer Adrian Lorne, whose past alliances may prove dangerously close; and the grizzled engineer Orin Maddox, whose loyalty must be earned the hard way.

But the black between planets holds more than pirates and privateers. Whispers of rogue fleets, lost colonies, and a distant threat from beyond the heliopause swirl around the inner systems like a gathering storm.

Command is an honor. But in the cold silence between worlds, it may also be a death sentence.

Full of naval tradition, political intrigue, and radiant propulsion physics, Solar Command launches a new era of space-faring adventure.