Rejected by the Marines. Wanted by three civilizations. Funny how that works.

When the Chancellor announces that three faction delegations have arrived to "observe" the year-end trials, the whole assembly hall goes silent. Jackson Bach already knows why. The delegations didn't come to watch a competition. They came for Squad Seven.

The first human seen at Atlantis University in twelve thousand years, Jackson has gotten very good at one thing: keeping the squad of exiles and runaways who became his family alive. Good thing, too.

Three of the oldest powers in known space just showed up smiling—and every one of them wants a piece of him. Kryos Forge wants a specimen. The Lucidium Dominion wants a corpse. The Vyr-Seren dynasty wants the runaway heir hiding behind his shoulder.

None of them plan to leave witnesses.

Can a foster kid from California and a squad of nobody's-property fugitives outwit three civilizations that have never lost—or has Jackson just gathered everyone he loves in one place for the kill? Dive into Cinderspire Market Clash and find out.

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