The plan to infiltrate Zaddicar is simple. The reality may cost her everything.
To reclaim her realm from the Coalition, Suria Olza must fight through a war-torn space station, face elite officers and a horrific living weapon, and finally embrace the full extent of her power. Each step forward raises a dangerous question: is mercy still wisdom, or has it become a liability she can no longer afford?
But victory will demand more than strength. As old truths unravel and long-buried wounds rise to the surface, Suria must decide what it means to stand with the people she loves, and whether compassion can endure when everything else is breaking.
Shadow of the Viper is the epic conclusion to the Space Hydra trilogy, a sapphic space opera about power, inheritance, and choosing love over legacy when everything you believed turns out to be wrong.