The Return Of The High Commander: Synthetic loyalty

After surviving a war that was meant to kill him-and exposing the leaders who sent him to die-Commander William Runner vanished from the public eye. He was supposed to be a problem buried with the past.

But now, he's been dragged back to oversee the NAVIS Project: a global initiative to command synthetic soldiers born from the minds of the dead and the wreckage of war. They're called Shipgirls-hyper-advanced constructs powered by Wisdom Cubes, capable of emotion, memory, and loyalty.

To most, they're weapons. To some, they're gods.
To a few... William Runner is the only thing that matters.

As the political order crumbles behind closed doors and factions fight to control the future, Runner is trapped between ghosts wearing human faces and alliances built on lies. The Shipgirls he helped developed are loyal-but their loyalty are starting to be uncanny.

And the more they fall for their commander, the more the world falls apart.

In a war where hearts can be manufactured and loyalty can be programmed, one question remains:

What happens when love isn't human-but still wants to own you?