Ray Porter

The Ascendant Humans have conquered Earth and banished mankind to a distant star. There, the refugee's war in space over the resources rationed to them. In an orbital habitat, Commander Rylan Shaw labors against inter-colony arms trafficking when an informant gives him horrific news. The ruthless cartel boss, Lilith, has stockpiled weapons of mass destruction. Worse, she has permission from the Wardens, humanity's robot overlords, to unleash them...