When the Sky Breaks—Signed PaperbackSigned paperback copy! An alien artifact. A prison break. A rebel with a secret. When a young woman from Marix Desatas past shows up at Crescent Fivea remote lunar lockupshe pulls him into a conspiracy that could topple a tyrant or destroy them both. A forbidden weapon, powerful and alive, ends up in Marixs hands. It whispers at the edge of his thoughts, demanding loyalty, offering power if he dares to wield it. But the closer Marix gets to freedom,

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When a young woman from Marix Desata’s past shows up at Crescent Five—a remote lunar lockup—she pulls him into a conspiracy that could topple a tyrant or destroy them both