A Red Peace by Theo Ellsworth

In the aftermath of a human-led revolution that topples an alien empire, a cynical smuggler and a conflicted soldier find themselves protecting the mixed-blood children targeted by the new regime’s brutal purges. Hunted across a fractured galaxy, they navigate shifting loyalties, conspiracies, and dangerous technologies while confronting the truth that the victors may be as merciless as the vanquished. Their desperate flight becomes a struggle to preserve innocence and break a cycle of oppression before it consumes what hope remains.