The Union: To The Brink    by David Schibi
Price: $2.99 USD. 81760 words. Published by Gambler Press  on April 17, 2011. .
Joe Morris is a troubled commander home from a mission of first contact with the insectoid race, the Serty. Nyeta-Kiret is the lone witness to the fall of the mighty, tri-species Union. Both have histories littered with mistakes. This is their one chance at redemption. Coupled with a startling revelation about the Serty, they may be the only hope of survival for three worlds pushed to the brink!