{"product_id":"kaines-resolve-ebook","title":"Kaine's Resolve (eBook) PREORDER","description":"\u003ch3\u003eEbook PREORDER.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook 7 in the military space opera series, Shattered Empire.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo stories converge. One choice will decide what survives.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreorder Book 7 in the \u003cem\u003eShattered Empire\u003c\/em\u003e series. The direct sequel to \u003cem\u003eKaine's Regret\u003c\/em\u003e and the continuation of \u003cem\u003eSovereigns of Ruin\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Story\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor twenty-nine years, Hayden Kaine has slept.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the Brahmastra Event burned out every piece of active Glenatat technology and sealed the Void, he and what was left of his fleet had only one job left: survive the long dark between dead systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey finally found a signal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt came from P17-K. Knossos. To Kaine, it was just another nameless system in the vast former Confederation — a world he had never heard of, never been to, and knows nothing about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the only place in the galaxy where Glenatat tech is still active.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cem\u003eScimitar\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eInvictus\u003c\/em\u003e arrive, Kaine expects wreckage or a ghost beacon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe finds a living world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnossos is thriving. After decades of isolation, it has become something the rest of the shattered empire never managed: stable, humane, whole. It is a world built on a sacrifice — the sacrifice at the heart of \u003cem\u003eSovereigns of Ruin\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow that world is calling out. And something else may be listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaine's Resolve continues both stories — Kaine's journey from \u003cem\u003eKaine's Regret\u003c\/em\u003e and Monk's legacy on Knossos from \u003cem\u003eSovereigns of Ruin\u003c\/em\u003e — picking up Kaine's thread as he arrives on Knossos for the first time and discovers what his long sleep really cost.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Product Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe war is over. The signal is new.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShattered Empire\u003c\/em\u003e is sweeping space opera with thriller momentum — fleet tactics, political intrigue, and characters who have to live with the cost of command.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaine's Resolve\u003c\/strong\u003e is where two threads of the series meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eKaine's Regret\u003c\/em\u003e, Hayden Kaine paid the price to stop a war for humanity's future and lost his connection to the galaxy. In \u003cem\u003eSovereigns of Ruin\u003c\/em\u003e, the world of Knossos paid a different price to build a future from the ruins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is what happens when the man who ended the war arrives on the world that found another way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers new to one thread or both: you can start here. If you read \u003cem\u003eKaine's Regret\u003c\/em\u003e, this is the direct sequel. If you read \u003cem\u003eSovereigns of Ruin\u003c\/em\u003e, this is what happened decades later. If you read both, this is where they collide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Peter F. Hamilton, C.J. 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