Captain Joel Richmond and his allies finally have a chance to strike at the heart of the Vasyke empire—but overthrowing a corrupt regime is never simple. As Richmond takes command of the Thalek rebels, he discovers a deadly conspiracy reaching into the faction's highest ranks. With time running out and enemies closing in from all sides, Richmond must figure out who he can truly trust. When a fleet of mysterious warships appears in the skies over Nesara, the stakes become deadlier than ever. In a world of shifting loyalties, sometimes the greatest danger comes from within...
This book was a pretty good read and was full of action. They had escaped from the bad guys and had a plan to bring the arena down but things went all kinds of wrong. They ended up with battle ships and a trader used a beam on them to shut them all down and they escaped again only to be caught again.