Fortuneof theVoid

Captain Elias Riker makes his living where no one else will—salvaging dead ships at the edge of charted space.

Then a routine wreck leads him to Nexus, a living Celestial vessel bound to Sahara, its human steward. The ship carries a resonance key that could stop the engineered Langus plague spreading across the systems. It has also drawn the attention of the Custodian, an ancient intelligence that believes survival matters more than freedom.

With twenty-four hours before the plague reaches another world, Riker must decide whom to trust, what to sacrifice, and whether a civilization preserved without consent is worth saving.

In the void, fortune favors no one. It only reveals what remains.