<p><strong>Claire left Earth to protect it but all she did was leave it defenceless.</strong></p><p>As Empathy returns home she finds Earth trapped in the middle of a war with the enemy having control of the genetically engineered creatures that only Claire was ever able to control.</p><p>But Claire is trapped in the alien hell of Rena politics and helping Earth might mean having to sink deeper than she ever imagined.</p><p><strong>If Earth has a chance it rests on Claire's shoulders but the price of peace may be too much for her to bear.</strong></p><p>LOYALTY/BETRAYAL is the fifth book in the Aspects sci-fi series.</p>