And Shall Machines Surrender (Machine Mandate, #1)

by Benjanun Sriduangkaew

In American eyes the inhabited universe is heathen, strayed from the path of righteousness and Pax Americana alone is the sole beacon of virtue, the final bastion.

Pax Americana does not look upon that kindly—from Orfea’s limited exposure to their doctrines, they consider non-heterosexual relations abhorrent.

The human condition is one of compromise. Liberty and security are balanced on a scale; there’s no such thing as total freedom, and even freedom halfway is paid for in blood. Yours. Someone else’s.