Defiance
- Authors: Joel Shepherd
- Series: Book 4 in the Spiral Wars series
- Genres: Science fiction
- Rank:Top 1000 in Best Space Marine Science Fiction on Amazon
- Rating: 4.6 based on 3,189 reviews
- Release Date: April 7, 2021
- Print length: 482 pages (Hardcover)
About the book
The UFS Phoenix is on a mission to find the long-lost drysine data-core, which contains the key to saving humanity from the resurgent deepynine machine-race. Captain Erik Debogande must collaborate with the power-hungry parren leader Aristan, who is holding his sister hostage, in order to recover the core. Aristan has demanded equal access to the prize before releasing Lisbeth Debogande. However, news has arrived from hostile space of a dark force that is hunting humans and parren, determined to ensure that the knowledge of the lost Drysine Empire remains out of the hands of both parties...