The One: Prime — David G. McDaniel

Perhaps the most intense, edge-of-your-seat sci-fi novel to come along in a long time, The One is a colossus, a giant scale, imagination expanding epic. Adventure, drama, hard tech, powered armor, starship battles, armies, heroism, romance, political intrigue across multiple star systems, rich interstellar history, ancient races, deadly aliens, eye-opening discovery, heart-stopping action - it's all here.Careful, or you might flinch.Ian Rhames, U.S. Marine turned assassin, stumbles across an alien scout ship and its crew, who have themselves stumbled across the Earth. In a bizarre twist, Ian finds no choice but to attack the deadly aliens in order to survive. With the help of a young girl, a prisoner of the aliens, her presence nearly as strange as theirs, Ian wins the vessel.And suddenly he has the unthinkable: control of an alien starship.From this beginning the action charges forward, as does the scope of The One. Ian uncovers an amazing history, dating back over six thousand years on Earth alone - nearly 70 million all told. Dozens of human worlds across the galaxy, long ago separated from the Earth, are in a fight to uncover their past. And they may have found it. Now the long forgotten Earth is in jeopardy as these interstellar governments, alien races, and, indeed, several powerful forces vie for the discovery of what they believe will set them free. A world hidden thousands of millennia ago by the last truly galactic race. A world known simply as the Tomb of Kings.And so Ian finds himself at the center of an epic struggle, fleets of starships and advanced armies battling for dominance, manipulative politicos playing a deadly game of chess...all the while off stage other, more sinister forces cast their hands.But one man can find within himself immense strength.One man can lead the many, and in so doing change the course of history.For more information, go to sagaofages.com.