A dead warship drifts in the void. No distress call. No survivors. No explanation.

When the crew of the *Evonshire* is ordered to investigate the gutted remains of the *Eddington*, Sergeant Nash and his Marines expect a salvage mission, maybe a trap. What they find is something older, stranger, and far more dangerous.

An ancient living weapon has awakened from hibernation, mistaken humanity for its long-dead enemy, and begun turning the dead into defenders.

To the Marines, it is a hostile alien threat.

To the creature, the Marines are enemy antibodies.

Both sides are wrong.

And in a boarding action, wrong gets people killed.

"Boarding Action"

by William S. Frisbee Jr.