The quiet frontier was supposed to be an escape.

Dani Rodriguez bought a battered freighter and fled to the edge of Colonial space, desperate to reconnect with his children after his wife's death. Madison, brilliant and restless, harbors secrets from Earth. Cody, fifteen and eager to prove himself, dreams of adventure among the stars.

Then the attack came.

Alien warships materialize inside Horizon's defenses through impossible physics. The Colonial Navy's proudest battleships become expanding clouds of debris. The quantum network dies. Orbital platforms rain down like falling stars.

As the planet burns, Dani faces an impossible choice: attempt escape in their half-repaired ship, or shelter in place and pray.

They run.

But space is vast and unforgiving, and their desperate flight takes an unexpected turn when they detect a distress signal—a Marine corpsman and a reporter, blown from their dropship, slowly dying in the void. In that moment, Dani must decide what kind of man he wants to be, what kind of example to set for his children.

They're not the only survivors fleeing the carnage. A battered task force commander may face a court martial for choosing survival over suicide. Military dropouts and corporate refugees band together in mining stations. Engineers and medics patch failing life support with prayers and spare parts. Each carries their own ghosts, their own reasons for fighting to see another day.

Pursued by an enemy whose motives remain opaque and whose technology defies understanding, these scattered survivors must navigate treacherous asteroid fields, forge fragile alliances, and outrun the expanding darkness. Every jump could be their last. Every decision carries the weight of species survival.

When there are no stars to guide you, all you have is each other.

And sometimes, that has to be enough.

NO STARS TO GUIDE US is the first book in a new military science fiction series that combines intimate character drama with epic space battles, exploring what happens to ordinary people when civilization collapses and the universe reveals its teeth.