The Warmaster Series: Decimation Protocol
Where the Search for Spock meets Mass Effect
Most read books just for entertainment. They gobble up the industry-standard of turn-and-burn stories: quick reads with little to no lingering substance after the book closes. All adrenaline and no weight.
Then, there are books that enter a pressure chamber, forge a story in that harsh environment, and apply pressure until the reader starts to feel themselves crack. You question the implications long after the final chapter.
Decimation Protocol sits in that second category.
If you loved Mass Effect, then you already understand the story’s DNA. That trilogy was never about ships and tech, but the weight of a cosmic tale, a riptide that pulls you in deeper. As Shepard, you saw that not all command decisions were clean, a binary choice between good and evil. No, it was more about survival and legitimacy in a harsh galaxy.
Now take that mold, remove the illusion of blind allegiance or forgiveness, and you’ve got a starting point: heroic operators inside stagnant institutions, where the grayness of inference meets the resistance of full endorsement. While humanity yearns for heroes, a new planet to call home, others prefer the status quo, to burn down those who threaten their power.
Authority hates autonomy.
That’s the spine of Decimation Protocol.
For another cultural anchor, think about Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Kirk doesn’t ask for permission. He takes the Enterprise, risks his rank, and treats institutional approval as secondary to a moral objective. The cost is his career, his admiral status, and exile to the fringes of the structure he spent his life inside.
That fracture is where this story lives. The Demon’s Fate was the ignition of choice, and Decimation Protocol is the consequential fallout. Sometimes there’s a clear choice, and you take the one that lets you look yourself in the mirror.
You will see:
A mystery of disappearance and apparent ship mutiny.
Officers skirting treason and flirting with insubordination to rescue a team at the edge of known space.
And decisions that cost careers, lives, and integrity, but condemnation is preferable to the alternative.
What would you do for someone stranded? And how much further for a member of your family?
If you are already in this series, you know what kind of story you’re stepping into, one of consequence and searching for meaning. If you’re new, you can still enter here, but you’ll feel the weight of what you missed.
Decimation Protocol releases June 25th on all major platforms. Preorder yours today.
The mission’s already in motion, the orders issued, and it didn’t ask for permission.
A stolen ship, an unauthorized mission, and a galaxy to tear apart.
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