Cascade Failure: A Novel (Ambit’s Run Book 1)

Cascade Failure by L. M. Sagas is a fast-paced sci-fi debut that combines the thrilling adventure of J. S. Dewes’s Divide series with the found-family charm of Firefly. It follows a chaotic, fiercely loyal space crew navigating vibrant worlds and exploring what it truly means to be human.

In the Spiral, three forces rule: the Trust’s corporate power, the Union’s labor influence, and the Guild’s fragile attempt to keep things balanced. When Guild deserter Jal accidentally ends up aboard the Guild ship Ambit—run by an AI, a medic-engineer hybrid, and a tough XO—the crew quickly find themselves facing more than they bargained for.

Answering a distress call on an abandoned planet, they uncover a mass grave and a lone survivor who holds the key to a terrifying truth: the Trust is behind a series of planetary exterminations, and this is only the beginning. Now, the Ambit’s misfit crew must risk everything to stop the next catastrophe.