Zara Cole was a thief back on Earth, but she’s recently upgraded to intergalactic fugitive.

On the run after a bloody battle in a covert war that she never expected to be fighting, Zara—along with her copilot, Beatriz, and their Leviathan ship, Nadim—barely escaped the carnage with their lives.

Now Zara and her crew of Honors need a safe haven, far from the creatures who want to annihilate them. But with two wounded Leviathan to treat, plus human and nonhuman refugees to help, they’ll have to settle for the nearest outpost, called the Sliver: a wild, dangerous warren of alien criminals.

Zara’s skills from the Zone may be invaluable. However, Zara discovers that the dark secrets of the Sliver may have the power to turn the tide of the war they left behind—but in the wrong direction.

Soon Zara will have to make a choice: stand against the ultimate evil or run from it. But she’s never walked away from a fight.

Honor Bound is the second installment in Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre’s thrilling and fresh space saga.