Shattered Will

Earth has been found by the rest of the galaxy, and Van wants no part of it. The Equal Grasp and a group of other shady aliens are working to open humanity to the stars, and they plan to turn a profit from it. Van and his crew move to stop them, fearing what a world thrown into chaos will do.

The immediate trouble is close to home. Aliens have turned up in Wisconsin, and they are running their games in Van's own back yard.

Van's work also feeds a second thread. Perry holds memories that were locked away, and each new event in Van's career loosens a few of them. They point to a family history much more violent than Van ever pictured.

Those memories reach well beyond one family. They describe a war among the stars that left the Peacemakers in ruins and the GKU badly shaken, and that drove three warrior races into hiding in the deep. The question is how much of that war is waiting to surface, and what it means for Van and for Earth.