The Dark Between the Stars (The Saga of Shadows Book 1)

The Dark Between the Stars returns to the Seven Suns universe, opening a space opera trilogy centered on a terrifying celestial discovery that threatens humanity and the Ildirans. Two decades after the Hydrogue War, the Roamers—independent clans—operate giant floating skymines in gas-giant planets to harvest stardrive fuel. On Theroc, capital of the Confederation, humans inhabit a gigantic worldforest whose interconnected trees form a single mind, accessed by telepathic green priests for interstellar communication. The Ildiran Empire, once rulers of the Spiral Arm, now struggles with human politics and ambitions. When a large expeditionary ship ventures beyond the known edge of the Spiral Arm, its crew discovers a mysterious dark nebula—an opaque black cloud impenetrable to starlight. The explorers are horrified to find the nebula expanding exponentially. The races of the Spiral Arm face an ancient evil whose existence was long forgotten, one that threatens all life, all planets, and the fabric of the universe itself.