In the shadow of a shattered galactic civilization, Commander Muse Maverick and his eccentric crew of relic hunters embark on a mission to unlock the last of the ancient domes. Vast bio-arcs constructed to preserve life from the devastating war against the Kin, a monstrous race that devoured entire worlds.

Picking up from the Inventor. The Battlewitch plots the continuing search for the Galbradian Dome. And see's the evolution of Jes1ca and her alter ego that was created as killing machine during the first Kin war.  Again we see the backdrop of good and evil , friendship , love and betrayal unfold as the Near Galaxy is thrust once more into a struggle for its very existence. 

Jars Fen Dara could see it, the power and madness, a flicker of fire from the burning heart of the universe that called those like himself. A vessel to be filled by the “The Rage” its singular purpose was to keep the eternal balance. He laughed at the absurdity of it all, the heart of universe and creator of life choosing him to oppose the darkness and destroyer of worlds

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Her space docks were crammed with the trade galleons, merchant barges and the dark menacing shapes of Brotherhood war craft, whilst down through the light blue water laden atmosphere close on a billion inhabitants spread across the green life bearing southern hemisphere. In stark contrast the northern hemisphere lay clothed under a permanent dark shroud of thunderclouds and isolated behind the mighty spirit wall the population stood at zero and had been since the division of Elshara two hundred generations previously.

It's the second Galactic age and a boy from the Scum is about to change the coarse of humanity's history. 

This is the fourth full length novel in the Near Galaxy Saga by RS Frankson. Bringing characters from each storyline it plots the breathtaking conclusion to a saga set over the 1st and 2nd Galactic Ages. 

As humanity expands ever outward they discover that the legends embedded in our collective history never began on earth. But came from the stars

As humanity expands ever outward they discover that the legends embedded in our collective history never began on earth. But came from the stars

In the late Twenty Second century the Royal Navy dispatched a fleet of four Corsair class destroyers to track down those responsible for a catalogue of atrocities on the outlying colonies of Seela Vi and Carathune. Her Majesty’s Spaceship (HMSS) Hood and Exeter were lost during the voyage across the near Galaxy whilst HMSS Penrose and Broadside were separated during the same ambush. All were thought lost without trace, until by chance one hundred and twenty standard sol years later. The aptly named deep space research station Dog Two at the edge of the Dog Star constellation recovered the first of what appears to be the final journals of HMSS Broadside.

They were once the shining guardians that ushered in the second Galactic age. But now like the creatures that have long passed to legend they too are fading as their power weakens. But they have one last enemy to defeat. That threatens the humanity they have cared for and protected since the firmament rose from the waters.