The Forever Dead (The Cruel Stars Trilogy)

With sheer weight of numbers, the Sturm's Combined Fleet of the (self-proclaimed) Human Republic are driving ever deeper into the network of worlds they were exiled from over three centuries ago. At a horrendous cost, Commander Lucinda Hardy, Admiral Fraser McLennan, Sephina L'trel, Booker3 and Princess Alessia lead the only resistance to the Sturm's overwhelming forces.Amid the ruins of a civilisation utterly corrupted by the Sturm's horrific darkcode malware, they must gather allies and weapons where they can.Old enmities must be overcome and unlikely partnerships forged. Surrounded, outnumbered and outgunned, the resistance cannot hold out.By strategy and deception, they must force a decisive confrontation with the Sturm. A final stand that will demand the ultimate sacrifice... and extreme violence.