The Harbingers. The Sundering Series, #3

Book 3: The HarbingersThe Chike have arrived-and they're forcing humanity to evacuate back to Earth. Those who cannot leave are either stranded on abandoned space stations or captured by the Chike. Meanwhile, the Drumheller discovered the long-lost 81-Petals, but the crew isn't aboard-someone else is. They're marooned in Chike space, where only Captain Beezan can make a sacrifice to save them all.
In their miraculous escape from the pocket universe, the Cheetah crew is stunned when Ramians mysteriously appear inside their ship. But no one is safe yet. The star system is ripping apart and they have one last hope to avoid destruction-the Chike. As jump paths unravel, Chike ships hunt for the harbingers. But who are the harbingers and what do the Chike want with them? Humanity's future hangs in the balance as ships race across the sectors making desperate choices to survive.
Alien CulturesSpacetime UpheavalsScience Fiction Adventure The Sundering Series:Nine hundred years in the future, a peaceful but struggling humanity reaches out from Earth, looking for planets, looking for people, looking for their place in the galaxy.    They find more than they bargained for.