His hope is to keep things civil until the end of the mission. Not only is the dreadnaught probably the wrong type of ship for his mission, its commanding officer is none other than his father. When his own starship gets called to replace a damaged vessel, Bennett is transferred to the dreadnaught Gyrfalcon. Add in that his partner for the last seven years is tired of Bennett going off on dangerous missions and not satisfied with his academic position makes life tense for Bennett.Ĭalled in from his break after his last assignment, Bennett must once again go behind enemy lines. But the fact he is not in active duty in the military and the fact that Bennett is gay and in a relationship with a man almost twice his age has caused a rift with his father. Not bad for an academic whose family has had a long line of military service. As part of the reconnaissance unit of the war effort, his mission is to get in behind enemy lines, find information about the enemy and if possible, destroy outposts to cripple the enemy’s operation. The creepiest thing about the drones is that as the war continues, the drones begin to look more and more humanoid.Īgainst this background, Shield Captain Bennett tries to negotiate his life. In fact, no one has ever seen someone from Maess. While the population of Albion deals with fighting the war, the Maess use drones to do their fighting. It has only been just over a century since the war with the Maess started. Many centuries have passed since a part of Earth’s population has settled on the planet Albion.

Gyrfalcon by Anna Butler