Toy Starship

Evan Marshall was a decorated Marine until a deadly mistake ended his career. Now he drifts between dead-end jobs and cheap motels, running from a guilt he can't escape. When his estranged sister dies, Evan heads home carrying more regret than hope, uncertain whether anything of his old life can still be salvaged. A garage sale find. A cheap gift for the nephew who hates him. That's all the toy starship was supposed to be. Instead, the simple peace offering opens the door to something far more unbelievable, extraordinary, and dangerous than he ever imagined. Because the starship isn't a toy at all. The discovery carries Evan beyond Earth and into a sprawling galaxy of distant worlds, ancient powers, and unfolding conflicts. But his initial wonder quickly gives way to desperate survival when he learns he's not the only one who knows about the ship. They've been searching for it for a long, long time, and there's nothing they won't do to get it from him. They say you can never go home again. They were right.

First, Evan learned that the toy starship wasn't really a toy. In fact, it allowed him to travel to another galaxy, where he watched the fleets of two galactic empires clash…before coming for him. Then, he learned he's not the only human who knows about the starship or its capabilities…and they're coming for him, too. Now, he's trapped a billion light years from home, in a ship he barely knows how to fly, hunted by a starship that defies imagination. The Möbius-a twisted ring of ancient technology whose weapons don't just obliterate targets, they erase them from existence. And Evan may be next.

Evan Marshall has a target on his back the size of two galaxies. On Earth, the hunt continues, but now there's a new player with their sights set on him. The most dangerous kind of player. One with nothing to lose. A billion light years away, the Ascendant is heading where no star chart has ever mapped. A location so remote, so deliberately hidden, that the civilization who built it clearly never wanted it found. The way in was dangerous. The way out may not exist. And either way, things aren't going to get any easier from here.

Evan Marshall is a billion light years from home, trapped aboard a disabled starship, with two of the galaxy's most legendary warships closing in. He can't outrun them. He can't fight them. And there's nowhere left to hide. Only one desperate move remains. To save his crew and keep the Ascendant out of enemy hands… Evan has to die.