The Black Dawn War - Book 1, Chapters 1-3: The Day Orison Burned

At 03:51 Orison time, six faint lights appear where there should be nothing. Minutes later, a hidden carrier force launches Operation Falling Sun—and the Helion Alliance wakes to a war it did not know had already begun. The Day Orison Burned follows pilots, doctors, intelligence officers, carrier crews, and commanders as a devastating surprise attack tears through Orison Anchorage. Battleships struggle to escape their own repair yards, fighters launch from shattered bases, hospitals overflow with casualties, and the surviving carrier ANS Resolute turns into the darkness to find the enemy that struck them. But the attack on Orison is only the opening move. As frontier reports begin arriving, the Alliance discovers that the real war started before the first missile ever reached home. 00:23 Prologue — The Last Peaceful Watch 16:54 Chapter 1 — Sunday Light 37:33 Chapter 2 — The First Missile 56:19 Chapter 3 — Battleships at Anchor