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An exciting spin-off from Jack Campbell's The Lost Fleet series, The Lost Actors: Tarnished Knight delivered "excellent stories of space fights and problems against tyrants and aliens". Now the New York Times best-selling publisher returns with another section in the overthrow of the Syndicate Worlds' oppression.... Following a successful coup, the leaders of the rebel Midway Celebrity System battle to forge a government free enough to please its residents yet strong enough to secure electricity. But in a global where ex - rulers have become new foes, an alien menace to humanity risk turning old adversaries into uncertain allies. Standard Artur Drakon is aware of three words identify someone who confides in a Syndicate CEO: Stupid. Betrayed. Dead. Despite his misgivings, he partnered with another ex - CEO to overthrow Syndic makes. Now, with an enigma fleet menacing their hard-earned self-reliance, he is able to ill afford to trust her - or lose her support. President Gwen Iceni is convinced Midway is humanity's defense contrary to the enigmas. Syndicate training trained her self-preservation in an emergency, yet she's determined to battle for the celebrity system's destiny...even if it means joining makes with Drakon - and an officer of the hated Alliance. Their plan places the Midway flotilla at great risk in hopes of greater prize: recruiting the employees necessary to man warships contrary to the enigmas. But before facing the alien advance, Drakon and Iceni must make it through hidden dangers closer to home: all-too-human threats that may jeopardize Midway's freedom...and their own lives.