Defiant

Lt. Peter Cochrane and his new wife, Karina, are under attack. When Peter and Karina escape an assault by a hostile government on his new command, Defiant, he travels with his wife to fend off an Empire attack on Skondar—which just so happens to be where his ex-lover, Dorbina, is stationed. Worse still, the attack is led by Prince Arin, the Butcher of Carinthia. As dark secrets that could change everything are revealed, Peter must face the battle of his life—one that could save the human race, or doom it...