Children of the Empire — Richard Swan

‘Humanity once dominated the Milky Way galaxy. We were a civilisation of freedom and technological marvel. Now we exist as wombs and swords. The kaygryn breed us for war; we are martial slaves, nothing more. And we are approaching the tipping point.'

Humanity is broken. The golden age of Tier Three has faded from legend to myth. Now there is only the Pax Kaygra -- the Imperial Peace -- and for the last five hundred years, the price has been steep.

Gemini Prasad has spent his life watching the Kaygryn Empire take his children. Their fate is invariable: death on one of the many frontline worlds of the zhahassi annexation. But it is a fate that his favourite daughter will not share.

A galaxy away, Xavier Ansovald takes his first life in the name of the Empire. It marks his transition from novice to brother in an elite order of warrior monks. But his faith is slipping away.

Two insignificant lives, one saved, another taken; and the Pax Kaygra is about to be shattered…


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