Cubs of the Wolf

The Markovians were once the greatest threat the galaxy had ever known. Warriors. Conquerors. A species whose very name made council worlds tremble. Then, in the span of a single generation, everything changed. They became peaceful. Cooperative. Model citizens. And no one asked how. Everyone was too relieved. Doctoral Candidate Cameron Wilder and his new bride Joyce aren't like everyone else. Assigned to study the Markovian transformation, they begin pulling at threads that decades of collective relief have kept buried. What they find is not a miracle of cultural evolution. It's something far more troubling and far more dangerous. As the Wilders dig deeper, they realize the peace everyone celebrates may be built on a lie vast enough to shatter the galactic council. But some secrets are kept for a reason. And the truth about what happened to the Markovians might be a weapon more devastating than any war the galaxy has ever known. A gripping science fiction mystery about the price of peace, the danger of not asking questions, and what civilizations will do to survive.