Things aren’t exactly what Nao was expecting upon completing the impossible refurbishment of the astro-destroyer Verna Somnus. The third princess’s warm welcome back to the capital comes with an irrefusable invite: captain the flagship of the government agency she’s founding, the Regionwide Criminal Investigation Agency.
At the princess’s side, Nao’s swept into glamorous parties to bump shoulders with influential nobles—only further solidifying his reputation…and pushing him farther and farther from his dreams of a heroic death. But when he and his crew stumble upon the space pirates' secret base, Nao sees the perfect chance to die in the line of duty. Has his time come at last?
