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Long ago, much of the population of an entire planet fled their world before its sun went nova in thousands of ships, each one larger than a city. Now, the armada has arrived at the world they intend to make their new home. They regard the fact that the planet is already colonized by humans as a mere inconvenience, and their mode of communication is so different from anything humans use that they do not consider humans and their allies to be truly intelligent.

They had all—the artificial intelligences of Sol and the sailors of the Third Expeditionary Fleet alike—believed the Starless Horrors were mindless monsters: little more than beasts driven by eldritch desires, lashing out from their unknown depths to kill and destroy. But that naïve perception was thoroughly crushed after an encounter with a terrifying entity who called itself the Executor.

Der Krieg verläuft schlecht für die Rebellen. Nach der für beide Seiten verheerenden Schlacht um die Erde, verstärkt das Imperium seine Offensive gegen die Freiheitskämpfer. Zahlen- und waffenmäßig weit unterlegen, muss Gareth Finch der Wahrheit ins Auge blicken: Der Aufstand droht zu scheitern. Infolge dessen trifft er eine schwierige Entscheidung. Die Rebellen sammeln all ihre Kräfte und nehmen Kurs auf den Raum jenseits des Imperiums. Ihre Hoffnung besteht darin, einen Planeten abseits des feindlichen Einflussgebiets zu finden, den sie besiedeln können.

On the far side of the world, deep in former Soviet Central Asia, lies a stronghold called the Crossroads. It is run with an iron fist by a brutal warlord calling himself Sala Jihan. He is far more than a petty dictator, for Jihan holds the fate of nations in his grasp. To save a world slipping into chaos, Jihan must either fall or be controlled.