Captain John "Black Jack" Geary tries a desperate gamble to lead the Alliance Fleet home-through enemy-occupied space-only to lose half the Fleet to an unexpected mutiny.

Jack Campbell (aka John G Hemry)is an author of military science fiction novels. Drawing on his experience as a retired US Navy officer, he has written the Stark's War and Paul Sinclair series. Under the name Jack Campbell, he has published four volumes of the Lost Fleet series. The Lost Fleet series is best-selling and is being published in several languages including Russian, Polish and French.