by Fonda Lee
First published 2026
Isako has built her reputation as a corporate samurai through decades of bloody service. When her client retires, she prepares to walk into the frozen wasteland and die with honor, securing her family's financial future. Then a final contract arrives. The target connects to Martim, her former apprentice who failed her training but somehow clawed his way to corporate leadership. Isako takes the job. The mission pulls her into networks of corporate spies and hidden agendas that stretch across human space. What she discovers threatens to reshape humanity's future among the stars. On a planet where survival hangs by a thread and corporate loyalty means nothing, Isako must choose what deserves her life or her death.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, action
Vibes: gritty, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Human Space
Period: Future
514 pages · Paperback · Orbit
Content warnings: violence