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The Hostel has fallen. The Mahshi occupy the colony, their warship blotting out the sky. To protect his people, Kesta Orat is given a cruel demand: deliver Flip and Sorsha, or see his home end as he knows it. Flip and Sorsha are closer than ever to completing their mission—one final step could save an entire world. Yet when their friends are taken hostage, duty turns to desperation. Outnumbered and outgunned, they must decide whether to risk everything in a fight they cannot win… or abandon the people who have given up much to help them. The Mahshi will stop at nothing to claim the technology they seek. Can two people defy an army? Or will this fight be their last?
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Is Loyalty appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
This military sci-fi features strong wartime violence including hostage situations and armed conflict between colonists and an occupying alien force. Characters face life-or-death moral dilemmas and the threat of planetary destruction.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include captivity, death, and violence (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will be gripped by the impossible choice between saving friends or completing a world-saving mission against overwhelming alien enemies.