Serpents Due: Ruins of the First Stars

By C L Roberts

A deadly conspiracy. A stolen starship. A captain forced to choose between loyalty and survival.

Commander Elizabeth Crabtree never expected to become the center of a galactic conspiracy. When a catastrophic systems failure leaves her ship crippled and her captain dead, all evidence points to one man-Bryce Dalton, the brilliant scientist she trusted most.

Bryce is accused of murder and placed under General Order 63, an Alliance directive designed to silence the truth and bury secrets deeper than any black-ops file. But when Syndicate raiders strike, Elizabeth realizes the disaster wasn't a malfunction-it was a targeted attack linked to Bryce's research into ancient Breekahn technology and a forbidden star map powerful forces want erased.

Now the Alliance closes in. Syndicate warships hunt her crew. And a hidden faction moves from the shadows, turning every choice into a trap.

Because the real enemy isn't the Syndicate or the Alliance...

It's something far older-and far more dangerous.

Perfect for fans of military sci-fi, political conspiracies, and ancient alien mysteries.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HFZJPTM3
• ISBN13: 9798996218233
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: C. L. Roberts
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"