Gravity's Edge · Book 1
The Shadow of Betrayal
A century of peace ends the moment Captain Xandar finds a colony gone silent. The insectoid Vorath were never gone — they were waiting, and Ignis Prime is where humanity finds out how badly it miscalculated.
Xandar has to reckon with an enemy far more advanced than any war briefing prepared him for, and a betrayal close enough to draw blood before the real fight even starts.
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What readers are saying
Joshi's world-building is exquisite — Aurelia's needle-like towers, twin suns, and gravity-shaped people create a vivid, believable backdrop.
— M S Read, Goodreads review
Captain Xandar is a compelling protagonist — principled, resilient, and sharply drawn.
— Bookswithavinish, Goodreads review
Comparable in tone and depth to The Expanse series and Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice, but with a more urgent military edge and cinematic pacing.
— Richa, Goodreads review
