No Chains

Before dawn, Washington watches Daniel’s impossible rescue plan move from theory into motion. American operators gather aboard heavily modified African mining ships, the Valari fleet takes position, and Luke prepares to lead the extraction force while Daniel commands a battlefield spread across impossible distances. The mission has one rule simple enough to survive all the strategy surrounding it: bring the children home, and leave no one in chains.

For a moment, the plan works with breathtaking precision. But once the rescue teams enter the station, the reality waiting inside proves far worse than anything Washington imagined. As the operation begins to fracture under unexpected resistance, Daniel is forced to confront the limits of mercy, command, and even the extraordinary power at his disposal. Then anot ...