When discipline turns into hard punishment, governments are doomed to crumble upon themselves.Within this anthology, you'll find six tales of love and hate, loyalty and treason, failure and triumph from alien soldiers, desperate teachers, strange bedfellows, and more. And in the background a war of all against all. Who will survive?Open this collection and take your first steps into the history of the Manderian people. Meet Ameela's improbable lover. Escape from tyranny with Rotima. Find the man who tampered with Ryma's DNA.

The Manderian Directorate is born from the ashes of a past dripping blood.A new era begins, with new old and new enemies, and a promise of more deceit. 

A militia officer on the hunt for a murderer.A scientist with the key to humanity’s future.A girl locked in a glass tank.One seeking justice. One seeking fame. One seeking answers. With the galaxy on the brink of war, time is not on their side.Join them in their battle for survival.