Battle of Stolen Seconds Kindle Edition

Battle of Stolen Secondsby Soryn LunarisEight hours. Hold the line and the civilians get off-world alive.Sergeant Miyuki Luna has made a career out of doing the impossible with seconds she doesn’t have. At Aster Gate, her squad’s last stand against the alien Krull war-clans turns her into a whispered legend—the Stolen Second—when a mysterious Asteran shrine leaves her with a dangerous gift: the ability to “stretch” time at the cost of her own heart.Months later, Miyuki is supposed to be on light duty as security for a fragile peace summit aboard Summit Station. Instead, a Krull general named Movar seizes the station, hijacks gravity itself, and turns air, doors, and civilians into weapons. With command scattered and the clock ticking down toward mass executions, Miyuki finds herself running a war from a cramped control room with only a handful of allies:Anya, her sharp-tongued sniper and best friendA station engineer who can make life support systems misbehaveA conflicted Krull officer who might be the key to ending the siegeEvery choice costs lives. Every second she “steals” brings her closer to a heart that may not start again.When Movar’s terror campaign threatens to turn every civilian into a pawn, Miyuki invokes an ancient tri-species law—a single duel to decide the fate of the station and the war. Win, and thousands live. Lose, and she hands a monster all the justification he needs.Military sci-fi, found family, a stubborn heroine with a broken heart and a borrowed blessing—Battle of Stolen Seconds is about clocks, choices, and the people who refuse to be reduced to numbers. Read more