A kidnapped friend. A mission of grave importance.The Alliance Institute is in full swing, with Jules assisting Magnus as students arrive from across the galaxy. After Dean's discovery that someone close to him has been abducted, he sets out in search of Regnig. The library has been ransacked, and Suma inadvertently finds what the Academy librarian has been digging his beak into. When they gain a trail, Dean learns he may not have known Regnig as well as he'd thought. New lies are as harmful as old ones. New Lies continues the sweeping Survivors series, with Dean Parker and his daughter at the helm.