The Fourth Age - Part 8 — Arshad Ahsanuddin

Rafael became Antonio's closest friend and ally, supporting his protégé's advancement in the Spacer Guild despite Nick's deep disapproval. Captain of the Jumpvessel Singularity, Antonio has spent his entire adult life navigating the void between the stars, blissfully avoiding any part of the fate decreed for him in the war between the White Wind and the Red. Mentor and student are reunited when Antonio returns home on the one hundredth anniversary of his father's death, intending to stay only long enough to pay his respects to a man he never had a chance to know and the family he left behind. But in a world where immortality is commonplace, death is not always what it seems, and destiny is not so easily cast aside. Author's Note:The Fourth Age part of the Secret Histories story is detailed in the Pact Arcanum Saga. For readers who don't want to dive into over 1,800 pages of additional material, this series of novellas directly reprints selected portions of the Pact Arcanum Saga which are relevant to the final book of the Secret Histories: The Fifth Age. As such, readers of the Pact Arcanum Saga may skip this section without compromising the overall narrative.