The Vethrak Requiem - Book 1.5

Humanity is building its first extrasolar fleet. The ships that will carry that mission sit in drydock, weeks from...

The Defiant Stand (The Vethrak Requiem) by Justin Wilson

Series

The Exodus Rush (The Vethrak Requiem Book 1)
The Tau Ceti Gambit (The Vethrak Requiem Book 2)
A Sky Full of Fire (The Vethrak Requiem Book 3)

The Vethrak Requiem

In 2125, humanity learned a terrible truth: we are not alone in the universe, and we are not safe.

The Vethrak arrived without warning, without negotiation, without mercy. They call themselves "Those Who Claim," and to them, the harvesting of intelligent species is as...

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The I've Earned This Trap A senior VP sat at her desk reading a Slack post

A senior VP sat at her desk reading a Slack post for the fourth time. The post announced her peer's promotion to the role she had been told, for two years, was hers to grow into. He was four years her junior. She had run the larger P&L for the last three quarters. She had executed the harder turnaround. She had taken the project no one else wanted and shipped it on time.

The post was open in one window. A blank email to her boss was open in the other. She had drafted three versions...

The Inward Default A founder sat at her kitchen table at 11:47 PM on a

A founder sat at her kitchen table at 11:47 PM on a Wednesday. The spreadsheet on the laptop screen had been open for four hours. Two columns. Cash on hand. Runway in months. The numbers had not changed in those four hours, but she had run sixteen scenarios. Cut the marketing spend. Renegotiate the lease. Defer her own salary. Push the product launch. Hire one less engineer. Each scenario had a number at the bottom. Some of the numbers were workable. None of them were comfortable.

She had not...

The Rationalization Spiral A manager opened a Word document at 11 AM on a

A manager opened a Word document at 11 AM on a Tuesday. The file was titled "Performance Issues, K.B." The first entry was dated three weeks earlier. There were now seventeen entries. Each one was true. Late to a meeting on the 6th. Missed a deadline on the 11th. Pushed back in front of a client on the 17th. The manager scrolled the list and felt the weight of the evidence. The decision was clear. The termination conversation had to happen this week.

What he did not see, sitting alone in his...

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