In Kaggen, the past is forbidden.

Lieutenant Dewey Tyler thought the worst was behind him when his team escaped the wreckage of their ship. But stranded in an uncharted system, they discover a society that believes it is alone in the galaxy—and a king who intends to keep it that way.

Survival was a fleeting victory.

As Dewey and his Hospitallers search for a way to reconnect with the outside universe, they find themselves entangled in a web of secrets, power struggles, and forbidden histories. Not everyone welcomes the truth. Some will kill to preserve the lie.

Yet silence has a cost.

In a place where knowledge is dangerous and survival means choosing sides, Dewey faces a stark question: how do you spark hope in a world built on forgetting?

For readers who enjoy stories about isolated societies, hidden political forces, and the dangerous power of memory and history.