A smuggler's crew. A doomsday weapon. A forgotten outpost on the far rim of known space.....

Sheriff Mace Davenport was just doing his job when he confiscated a doomsday weapon from a known smugglers' vessel. Little did he know that one act would sets off a chain reaction that could blow the whole Confederacy apart—literally.

Now he's on the run for his life with the whole might of the Confederate Reserve Wing hunting him down. He'll need all his wits and resources just to survive. Forget about saving the world from annihilation.

With his enemies lurking around every corner, he's going to discover that some of them just might be his best, most powerful allies. Ultra Meridian is about to become the epicenter in the most explosive battle that will decide the fate of the galaxy once and for all.