He was the system's most ruthless agent. Now, he's its only hope for revolution.

Konrad Adler is a Reclaimer, the most feared and efficient auditor in the InterStellar Monetary Union (IMU). He is a ghost in the machine, a man who balances the galaxy's ledgers by foreclosing on failed colonies and repossessing starships, all to pay down an impossible debt that has enslaved his own family. His authority isn't a weapon; it's the fine print of a contract, and his conscience has been surgically excised. Empathy is a currency he cannot afford.

His final assignment is his ticket to freedom: the reclamation of Haven, a remote colony that has defaulted on its thirty-year charter. For Konrad, it's just one more collection, the last ghost he must create to free his own. But on this forgotten world, he uncovers a truth that shatters his cold, logical reality. Haven didn't fail by chance. It was designed to fail.

Deep within the colony's archaic systems lies a digital anomaly, a malicious subroutine that has been systematically sabotaging their efforts for decades. When Konrad traces the sabotage back to its source, the trail leads not to a rival, but to the unassailable heart of the IMU itself. He discovers the entire colonization project was a monstrous, thirty-year fraud to seize the planet's priceless mineral resources.

Now, the man sent to be Haven's executioner has become its only protector. Armed with the damning truth and hunted by his former masters, Konrad must wage a new kind of war. His battlefield is not space, but the intricate web of contracts and financial data that the IMU uses to control the galaxy. He will weaponize the ledger itself, turning the corporation's own ruthless bylaws into a tool of rebellion.

But his adversary, the brilliant and chilling Adjudicator Gisela Richter, will stop at nothing to liquidate her rogue asset9999. When she checkmates him with an unthinkable ultimatum that targets his family, Konrad must decide how much he is willing to sacrifice. To save the fifty thousand souls of Haven, will he condemn the very people he fought his whole life to free?

The Celestial Ledger is a gripping space opera that combines the intricate plotting of a corporate thriller with the grand scale of classic science fiction. If you enjoy stories of high-stakes rebellion, complex heroes, and battles fought with wits as well as warships, you will love this account of revolution.