Captain Elias Vance commands the SES Covenant, the Commonwealth's most advanced exploration vessel. But on their shakedown cruise, three hundred strangers must become family fast-because pirates don't care about your schedule.

When a civilian convoy screams for help from the debris field, Vance faces his baptism by fire. His crew is untested. His ship is new. And the enemy is counting on mercy.

A military sci-fi story about the price of promises kept, the cost of doing what's right, and how strangers become family when everything's on the line. Perfect for fans of The Expanse and Honor Harrington.