Admiral

€œI was on a dead ship on an unknown planet with three trainees freshly graduated into the Imperial Service. I tried to look on the bright side.€
 
He is the last to wake. The label on his sleeper pad identifies him as an admiral of the Evagardian Empire€"a surprise as much to him as to the three recent recruits now under his command. He wears no uniform, and he is ignorant of military protocol, but the ship€s records confirm he is their superior officer.
 
Whether he is an Evagardian admiral or a spy will be of little consequence if the crew members all end up dead. They are marooned on a strange world, their ship€s systems are failing one by one€"and they are not alone.