THE CALL TO BATTLE…
The Forbidden Borders, an unassailable gravity-powered barrier, confine rival human empires to a few star systems, leaving
them to strive endlessly against one another for domination. Now the
balance of power has shifted so drastically that the long-dreaded final
war between Rega and Sassa, the last surviving empires, is about to
begin. Staffa kar Therma, Lord Commander of the Companions, the finest
of mercenary soldiers, knows this war could reduce all human
civilization to ashes, and he is desperately striving to avert the
spiral into total destruction.
Then, seeking to blackmail Staffa into fighting for them, the Regans kidnap Skyla Lyma, Staffa's second-in-command and the
woman he loves. And suddenly Staffa is forced to choose between Skyla's
life and the possible end of his universe. Yet perhaps the choice will
not be left to him at all. For Sinklar, the son stolen from the Lord
Commander as an infant, now a general who has become Staffa's sworn
enemy, is already mobilizing his own forces for a pre-emptive strike...
But others, too, are weaving strategies of intrigue and betrayal as they reach out to seize control of the known worlds.
And only time will tell if anyone will survive to claim the title of
victor...
ON IMPERIAL SASSA -
An empire drained of precious resources by decades of
interstellar war prepares for a final strike against its last surviving
enemy - a winner-take-all campaign of conquest...
ON REGA -
The capital hovers on the brink of civil war as, with
Emperor Tybalt assassinated, Sinklar Fist is forced to take control of
preparations for a pre-emptive strike against the Sassan Empire...
AND IN THE ITREATIC ASTEROIDS -
Staffa kar Therma, Lord Commander of the elite
mercenary troops, the Companions, struggles to find a way to force the
two warring empires to make peace - before all of human civilization
within the Forbidden Borders finds itself driven one step too far along
the road to destruction….
