Captain Eric “Hellrider” Rowe’s life changes forever when a bizarre cosmic anomaly rips his Navy fighter jet from the skies over Earth and hurls him across the universe to a binary star system locked in perpetual war. Stranded among alien races on an aging battleship, far from home with no way back, he throws himself into the conflict against unknowable forces, soon taking his place as the newest pilot in an elite but undermanned fighter squadron. But Hellrider faces threats from both without and within. When a powerful leader abducts and tortures him under suspicious circumstances, Rowe finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could reshape the course of the war. Distrusted by some and racing against time, with the lives of millions hanging in the balance, he must test the limits of his skills as a pilot, soldier, and leader to protect his newfound friends and unravel the mystery.