Earth’s in chaos. Their new world’s not safe. And they don't know if they can trust each other. The planet Opis is now home to a reluctant band of evacuees in mankind’s most distant and secret outpost, Nomad Base. The Ainatio corporation’s project to preserve the best of mankind – a standard set by its AI, Solomon – has to succeed because there’s no going back to Earth now. The engineered crop virus that ravaged half the world has finally been unleashed on Asia, a shocking act of sabotage by one of Ainatio’s own scientists. Earth’s crisis is forty light years away, and few there even know Nomad exists, but old loyalties live on. Nomad's settlers face a decision: should they offer Earth a lifeline by sharing an alien drive technology they’ve acquired, and trigger an exodus that'll overwhelm them, or should they keep Earth’s problems at arm’s length from what might be humanity’s last chance to start over? Nomad has its own problems. Kugad – the dominant military force in the sector – and its Jattan allies are searching for a stolen prototype warship commandeered by the Nomad defence forces. As the small colony prepares to defend itself, farmers and scientists alike will have to become fighters ready to do whatever it takes. But someone’s stirred up a stew of complications and reignited old feuds by making contact with Earth. Another alien faction about to kick off its own civil war has found the base. Who’s the real enemy now? Can the settlers even trust their own neighbours? Whatever happens, they’re not giving up on Nomad. Here they stand, or die.
The third book in the Nomad series from New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss.
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Earth’s in chaos. Their new world’s not safe. And they don't know if they can trust each other. The planet Opis is now home to a reluctant band of evacuees in mankind’s most distant and secret outpost, Nomad Base. The Ainatio corporation’s project to preserve the best of mankind – a standard set by its AI, Solomon – has to succeed because there’s no going back to Earth now. The engineered crop virus that ravaged half the world has finally been unleashed on Asia, a shocking act of sabotage by one of Ainatio’s own scientists. Earth’s crisis is forty light years away, and few there even know Nomad exists, but old loyalties live on. Nomad's settlers face a decision: should they offer Earth a lifeline by sharing an alien drive technology they’ve acquired, and trigger an exodus that'll overwhelm them, or should they keep Earth’s problems at arm’s length from what might be humanity’s last chance to start over? Nomad has its own problems. Kugad – the dominant military force in the sector – and its Jattan allies are searching for a stolen prototype warship commandeered by the Nomad defence forces. As the small colony prepares to defend itself, farmers and scientists alike will have to become fighters ready to do whatever it takes. But someone’s stirred up a stew of complications and reignited old feuds by making contact with Earth. Another alien faction about to kick off its own civil war has found the base. Who’s the real enemy now? Can the settlers even trust their own neighbours? Whatever happens, they’re not giving up on Nomad. Here they stand, or die. The third book in the Nomad series from New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss.