Sentinel's Return

Nearly one year after a covert mission to Earth ended in tragedy, Antel Ralnar and Becky Miller return with a new team, this time with Becky serving as Mission Leader at the Emperor's request, to validate Earth's readiness and prepare for formal first contact. But the mission unravels quickly. The U.S. military is reverse-engineering technology recovered from the first mission and watching for the aliens to return, while Rileean hardliners back on Arkonus are pushing for a preemptive strike before Earth grows too powerful to stop. Caught between threats from both worlds, Antel and Becky find that the greatest danger may be their own growing divide. She is willing to risk everything for the mission to succeed, while he will do whatever it takes to keep her safe.