Jati's Wager by Jonathan Nevair

A space opera heist that can be read as a stand-alone or as Book 2 in the WIND TIDE trilogy. When all-in is the only option. Ailo is a streetwise teen surviving alone on the remote moonbase, Tarkassi 9. She wants nothing more than to flee into the wider world of the Arm. That's where Jati, the Patent War veteran and general fighting the Monopolies gives her a second chance. Ailo's rogue status is just what Jati's People's Army needs to drive the final spike of victory into a weakening Garissian Council. A team of experts assembles. Hope rests on Ailo's skill, stealth, and tenacity to pull off the impossible. But when an internal shadow rises, Ailo and Jati are forced to weigh the cost of revenge against honor and justice.

Adult • Science Fiction • Science Fiction/Space Opera • Science Fiction/Colonization • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+