Ruin & Rise: Book Four of The Galactic Academy Series (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798244969795)

New Atlantis is gone.
And the galaxy didn't just feel it... it heard it.

The Galactic Academy is in chaos-its defenses fractured, its leadership shaken, and its students forced to grow up faster than anyone ever should. In the aftermath of the attack, rumors spread like wildfire, alliances strain under pressure, and grief becomes its own kind of gravity.

For Mia Nekomata, there's no time to fall apart.

She's carrying what's left of her team on stubborn determination and a promise she refuses to break: no one gets left behind. But the enemy isn't finished, and this time it isn't hiding in the shadows of broken systems. It's evolving-learning their patterns, exploiting their weaknesses, and pushing them toward impossible choices.

As Mia and her allies search the ruins for answers, they uncover evidence that changes everything: the disaster wasn't random, and it wasn't the end. It was an opening move-part of something older, smarter, and far more personal than they imagined. The deeper Mia digs, the clearer it becomes that the next strike is already in motion... and it won't just destroy a place.

It will destroy who they are.

With trust wearing thin and the pressure designed to split them apart, Mia must decide what she's willing to sacrifice to protect the people who stood beside her when the world broke. Because in a war that turns fear into fuel, courage isn't just fighting back...

It's choosing to stay human when the galaxy tries to make you something else.

If you love high-stakes YA sci-fi, found-family loyalty, and action that hits hard emotionally, Ruin & Rise (Book Four) is where surviving stops being enough-and rising becomes the only choice.

Because family isn't who you're born to-
it's who you choose to protect.