The Shikar Imperium, a bastion of peace upheld by its formidable navy, holds strong under the Immortal Emperor's command. Kaia Marinoch never imagined herself in the Shikar Imperial Navy, let alone fighting to prove she belonged. Hailing from a pacifist colony, the Navy was the embodiment of everything her people rejected. For years, she has faced scorn and prejudice, all the while being denied the rank she deserved. On the brink of abandoning her calling, a mysterious Admiral presents Kaia with an unexpected opportunity: a chance to qualify for an elite new special forces program. Seizing this lifeline to salvage her career, Kaia is thrust onto a barely habitable world on the Imperium's fringes.  There, the trials are harsher than anything Kaia has ever faced, pushing her to her physical and mental limits. But the greatest challenge comes from within, where her demons tear at her belief in the Immortal Emperor himself and threaten her survival.