Terminal City - Book #3 The Western Space Institute Series

26 light-years from Earth, on a world of perfect weather and buried secrets, a fragile colony rises from alien lumber and human grit. Retired General Rome Bradshaw hammers the last nail into Terminal City—a sprawling wooden outpost meant to shelter scientists, lovers, and the last hope of a dying alien race. But perfection is a lie. Ancient bones whisper of genocide. A 3,000-year-old plague ship claws free from the earth. And across the crimson hills, descendants of a forgotten invasion march with stone staffs and a single demand: one hostage, forever. When the price of peace is two irreplaceable lives, the line between ally and enemy blurs beneath twin moons. In a settlement with no doors and no retreat, survival demands more than courage—it demands sacrifice. Love will be tested. History will be rewritten. And Terminal City will never be the same.