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War was never supposed to come home...
When a stolen IS core sets off a chain reaction across the world's most advanced weapons systems, the last person anyone expected to be holding it-was him.
Rio has no last name, no country, and no allegiance. A rogue mercenary, engineered to survive where soldiers break and saboteurs vanish, he's the man governments hire when things go wrong... and blame when things go worse. Once a childhood sparring partner of Chifuyu Orimura, now a ghost among nations, Rio resurfaces with a mission that ties him back to the one place he swore never to return: IS Academy.
With his custom-built high-speed IS unit, Grayhound, Rio is drawn into a web of corruption, betrayal, and old flames gone psychotic-both figuratively and literally. From obsessive enemies in Phantom Task, to old lovers who want him dead (or worse, back in their bed), Rio must navigate a battlefield layered with explosive secrets and emotional landmines.
But behind the flirty smiles and smug quips lies a wounded past... and a devastating truth about the IS network no one is ready for.
As global systems begin to fail, and Elia-the girl he swore to protect-awakens as a living weapon, Rio must make a choice:
Fight the enemy... or the people he once called family.
Action. Romance. Betrayal. Comedy. War.
This is Infinite Stratos: The Grayhound Chronicles.
Not every hero wears armor. Some walk in with a smirk and a katana.