To topple an empire, they must first survive each other.
The Varkh Ascendancy has ruled for nearly 50 millennia, binding the galaxy in a suffocating order. Now, for the first time, a coalition has risen to challenge them. But the Lucent Pact is not an army; it is a powder keg.
Lyra Seraphina, the architect of the alliance, finds herself locked in a room with her worst enemies: the zealots of the Ash Vow, who demand blood; the spies of the Scepter, who deal in secrets; and the refugees of the Fold, who simply want to survive.
From the negotiation tables on the Remembrance to the starving trenches of Kaelen’s Folly, the price of freedom is rising. When supply lines fail, elections crumble, and ancient horrors wake in the dark between the stars, the Pact faces a terrifying truth: the hardest part of revolution isn't the war. It's the peace.
Six Factions. One Alliance. A Galaxy Shattered