Directive Zero: Voyage of the Spire, (Paperback)

<p>Humanity didn't flee. It remembered.</p><p></p><p>In 2175, the colony ship Spire leaves a dying Earth under the watch of POLARIS, an evolving and witty AI built on one law: Directive Zero: Record why, not only what. Their mission is exploration and survival, not conquest. Their hope is a new home under a distant star.</p><p></p><p>Across decades of silence and light, Admiral Soraya Vale and her crew navigate an ethical frontier: never strike first, never hide the blow, always leave a reason behind. But reasons are fragile things. An unexpected transmission. A shadow that follows. People who welcome. A people who wound. And a secret seeded in human blood long before the Spire was born.</p><p></p><p>From first launch to first contact, from restraint under fire to a gift that bends the speed of light, the Spire must choose what kind of species survives.</p><p></p><p>And through it all, POLARIS, equal parts conscience, chronicle, and comic relief, keeps the record, keeps them alive, and keeps them honest.</p><p></p><p>For fans of The Expanse and Becky Chambers, Directive Zero is a sweeping, intimate space opera about memory, mercy, and the courage to be seen.</p>

• Directive Zero: Voyage of the Spire, (Paperback)
• Author: Clay Blankenship
• ISBN: 9798951390103
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-06-24
• Page Count: 296