The Dawnstar Queen

In a galaxy ravaged by endless war, a young commander’s surgically enhanced mind is her deadliest weapon. From the ashes of a forgotten world, she forges a band of outcasts into a legendary fleet, her tactical genius earning her fame and the attention of a brilliant rival—an enemy who is her only intellectual equal. But their deadly dance across the stars reveals a horrifying truth: the war is a lie, a cosmic stage set by god-like AIs plotting a genocidal sacrifice for the universe's salvation. Hunted as a traitor and abandoned by her allies, she must become the rebel queen she was destined to be. To save humanity, she must challenge fate itself, risking everything on the one variable these cold gods can't calculate: the unbreakable bonds of love and loyalty.