Downfall

Serial Number 0407NT4 was given a name-Gracie-and a life that wasn't real. Awakened in a sterile lab, she is a new breed of human: an Altrant, engineered for a purpose she doesn't understand. Under the protection and guidance of the powerful Admiral Altherton, she begins to find her place. But when the Admiral is forced out, Gracie is cast to the wolves. Betrayed by a prejudiced captain and left to die in a brutal planetary war, her life as a soldier is over. Her life as a fugitive is about to begin. Hunted by a government that fears her very existence, her only chance at survival lies with a cynical freighter captain with a history he'd rather forget. But in a galaxy determined to see her as a weapon, can she find the strength to become a person and trust humanity again?