'A clever and exciting collision of space opera, high adventure, and
devious politics. Insightful and highly entertaining!' - Jonathan
Maberry, New York Times, on the Coronam series
Reeling from the defeat of the armada and Enskaran counter-attacks,
Hyrax searches for new revenue to rebuild. Its interests on Maaraw are
threatened by revolution, while its mines on Silangan are shut down with
native uprising. The occupied worlds bleed money and new unrest. There
is but one place left to conquer: Tirgwenin, Jareth's world, wild and
unclaimed.
Enskari's colony led by Alpin Morgan and his separatist sect of Bucklers
is destroyed, the governor returned home to beg for relief and rescue.
But Enskari is a different place, the war and a terrible religious purge
have decimated his contacts and heightened class tension. The queen's
lover Sir Ethan Sommerled, savior of the planet, Morgan's one-time
patron, is at the center of the controversy. His path is precarious, his
power tempered by politics of court. Morgan must find other allies if he
is to return to savage Tirgwenin.
But there is a third planet obsessed with Jareth's World. On Temple the
prophet knows the secret, sees the threat, and rallies the Saved to
defend civilization in a holy and bloody crusade.