Tinker Tailor Soldier Serpent Saga The Pearl of Queen Nyhtandra Part 1

They sent him to negotiate. They paid everyone to kill him. And no one told him why.Rex Dodgers is a Ghost Federation black-ops agent with a simple mission: deliver a cipher pen to a pirate captain on hostile Spaceport Royal, then get out.But the moment he steps into the Los Misley Saloon, everything goes wrong.His extraction pilot is dead-a traitor who sold him out. Bounty hunters swarm the streets. His exoskeleton fails mid-escape. And someone very powerful wants him tested to the breaking point... or erased entirely.Hunted through spider-infested catacombs and a surveillance state where cameras track every breath, Rex must infiltrate the pyramid of Queen Nyhtandra-an eldritch entity who devours minds and preserves them in jars.His only ally? A mysterious girl named Cayleen who saves his life... then vanishes.His only chance? Destroy the Queen's "Pearl" before midnight-or become it.In a galaxy where loyalty is currency and betrayal is strategy, the most dangerous mission isn't the one you accept. It's the one you were never told you were on.For fans of The Expanse, Altered Carbon, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in space.