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THE SKY IS BLUE.
THE WATER IS RED.
Kael and Maya have done what no one else dared: they turned the Needle into a rocket and breached the surface. They expected freedom. They expected safety.
They found a war zone.
Floating helplessly on its side in the open ocean, the Needle is no longer a prison-it's a target. The Salvage Guild, a ruthless army of surface survivors who strip sunken ships for parts, has arrived. Led by the brutal Warlord Mara, they plan to rip the fusion cores from the Needle, killing the thousands of passengers still trapped in stasis inside.
But the pirates aren't the only threat. Commander Borg survived the crash. Broken, burned, and insane, he is hiding in the wreckage, armed with a detonator and a final, twisted mission: if the ship cannot remain pure, it must be destroyed.
Caught between an army of scavengers and a madman with a bomb, Kael and Maya must lead a final stand on the tilting decks of the dying ship.
The air is breathable. The sun is warm. But on the surface, the sharks walk on two legs.