The Helion Accord: 2

First contact was only the beginning. Trust may prove far more dangerous.Humanity has discovered that it is not alone.In the aftermath of the Kestrel Veil incident, old assumptions are collapsing. The Helion Compact and the Dominion have spent generations separated by history, politics, and deeply different ideas about power. Now circumstances are forcing them into something neither side is prepared for: cooperation.Captain Calder Venn and the crew of the Kestrel Veil find themselves at the center of that uneasy relationship, working alongside people they barely understand and have little reason to trust.But beyond the political maneuvering and fragile agreements, something is happening along the frontier.What began as isolated incidents is beginning to form a patternCommunications are disappearing.And neither side has enough of the picture to understand it alone.Whatever is coming will not wait for humanity to settle its differences.The Helion Accord is the second novel in The Solmare Cycle, a character-driven military science fiction series about leadership, first contact, competing civilizations, and the difficult choices that determine what comes next.Trust is harder than war.