K. E. Ireland

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Vathion used to be a normal Gilon boy, but when his father was assassinated, he lost everything. In place of friends and any sense of normality, he receives the title of Admiral and the mess his father left unfinished. Obligated to fight in Gilonnia’s Civil War, Vathion’s strength of will is put to the test as he struggles to maintain the loyalty of his crew and hide the truth of his father’s fate.

Playing the Hero is the first book in an epic story of one Gilon’s loss of innocence mirroring the fall of his species.
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After barely surviving a battle with nearly impossible odds, the Natan Fleet is trashed and must be rebuilt almost from scratch. Shortly after the fleet is finished being repaired, Vathion is sent out to investigate the validity of the information he has gathered about a supposedly deserted area of space being used as a hiding spot by the Rebel commander, Ha’Likka. When he finds that there is an enemy fleet parked in Toudon, Vathion makes a mistake that gets him captured by Ha’Likka’s forces. In the chaos of Vathion’s capture, Natan’s true whereabouts are discovered.
Natan is left to fight a war between his instincts and sensibilities; torn between duty and family. Meanwhile, Vathion fights to retain his sanity as his mind begins to come apart at the seams. Both cling to the only thing they can accomplish: ending the war.
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Without a doubt, Ha’Likka is dead, but the destruction she wrought during the last hours of her life will ensure her memory lives on. Natan takes charge of cleaning up the Haikon while everyone else is busy mourning the loss of the Imperial Palace. Knowing his death in inevitable due to the loss of Hasabi, Natan still battles his biology to stall for time until Vathion awakens from a medical coma. Questioned constantly by Tendel and even his own crew, Natan has little choice but to hope that Vathion is sane. He certainly doesn’t know what to do about the Varas lurking in Gilonnia’s backyard. With his efforts to hide the truth growing more obvious by the day, the real culprits behind the war are moving to regain control of their empire.

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