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Synopsis
Earth's destruction was just the beginning. Rejected by the Marine recruiters, Jackson Bach thought his military dreams were over. The dimensional recruiters had other plans. Drafted into Atlantis University's elite tactical program, this human operative discovers his unique neural signature triggers Memory Echoes —classified visions of Earth's final transmissions. Plasma-scorched cities. Desperate evacuation orders. Command structures collapsing in real-time. The brass calls it combat instability. Jackson calls it evidence. Partnered with Zaena, a felinoid tactical specialist, Jackson infiltrates restricted archives. Ancient military logs reveal panicked distress signals, ignored strategic assessments, one classified reality: Atlantis Command abandoned Earth's defense grid. Billions died while dimensional gates sealed shut. Academy Command wants Jackson terminated. His squad leader risks court-martial protecting him. Memory Echoes intensify during combat simulations, revealing exactly who gave the stand-down orders. Dimensional strike teams hunt him through campus sectors. Academy leadership demands his immediate discharge. Jackson faces a tactical nightmare: expose the cover-up and lose his squad, his mentor, his only shot at belonging to something greater than himself. Stay silent, let humanity's genocide remain classified forever. Will Jackson's warrior instincts overcome impossible odds? Can one soldier's truth shatter an empire's perfect lie? For readers who crave military precision with cosmic stakes. Step into a pulse-charged sci-fi fantasy where ancient secrets meet high-tech sorcery, and survival is the first test.
Is Through the Gate appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 14 and up.
Military sci-fi fantasy with combat simulations, traumatic visions of Earth's destruction, genocide themes, and conspiracy elements. Violence is present but not graphic; protagonist faces institutional persecution and moral dilemmas.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include genocide, mass death, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will be gripped by Jackson's fight to expose the truth about Earth's destruction while surviving elite alien military training.