Glory (Martelle)

One last chance for Glory. One last hope for humanity. Glory barely survived its last battle twenty years ago. Captain Drake resigned rather than face court martial. But the enemy is back, and humanity needs everything that can fly. Maybe it's not the ship at all but the crew. They hold the key. Drake rallies old and young alike to comply with orders so secret even he wasn't allowed to see them until after the ship left the junkyard. Would it leave? That was another question. The core hadn't been fired in twenty years. The smell of decay fills the massive ship's corridors. The stench lingers from the death of Drake's crew, a nightmare from long ago. The Paragon have weapons that humanity can't contemplate. But here they are, suing for peace. The people of Earth jump at the carrot. The end of war! Could it be too good to be true? Drake has his orders from an admiral who knows too much. Glory must launch, and with it, the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of a broken crew, carrying a weapon like no other, hoping for one clear shot.

Glory rises from the carnage of the Battle for Earth. Humanity is shell-shocked by how close they came to extinction. Humans don't know what to do, but they trust their leaders, who are turning to Admiral Jack. And he looks to Glory, Captain Drake, and her crew. With the loss of the planet killer, the Paragon will seek vengeance. They have become even more dangerous because they no longer have to maintain the veil of subterfuge. Their goal hasn't changed. Death to humanity. Humans. The scrappiest fighters of all the sentient races. But can they stand up to the technologically superior Paragon?

Glory flies point in the war against the Paragon. Humanity is stretched thin. After the main shipyard is heavily damaged, the enemy advances with a fresh offensive, and losses are piling up with no hope of building replacements. How can the surviving fleet stand up to the new onslaught? The Paragon have been weakened, but they still outnumber the humans. And now they're angry. Relics of the past. Mothballed ships and forgotten warriors, waiting for their names to be called again. The ship from a war fought long ago. Glory as a paradigm for the future. How can Drake, Glory, and her crew resurrect them in time?