A ten-thousand year old empire... An ancient warrior... A civil war on the fringes of the galaxy... A desert world controlled by marauding bands... Siasha Mastik has no hope of being a normal teenager... It has been several years since Siasha Mastik's father lefther with her great aunt on the fringe world of Kesheron. Believing her safe from the growing insurrection on therim worlds of the Nowa Empire, he rejoined the activemilitary to squelch this uprising.
Little does he realizeKesheron holds its own dangers, roving bands of maraudersthat take what they want by force. Now that the Empire isdrafting men and even boys to fight the growing threat onthe rim, the people of Siasha's village are in greater dangerthan ever before. All seems lost when raiders threatenSiasha's life, but then a stranger from the stars arrives, guaranteeing that young Siasha's life will never be the sameagain!The most recent chronicles of the Zandeji, a long forgottenelite military force, are captured in this debut novel fromChristopher T.
Mooney. In this first in a series of booksthat tell an epic space opera of ultimate good versusultimate evil, the author has created a believable universewhere religion is outlawed and the final destiny of all restsupon the strength of faith, hope and love.
A ten-thousand year old empire... An ancient warrior... A civil war on the fringes of the galaxy... A desert world controlled by marauding bands... Siasha Mastik has no hope of being a normal teenager... It has been several years since Siasha Mastik's father lefther with her great aunt on the fringe world of Kesheron. Believing her safe from the growing insurrection on therim worlds of the Nowa Empire, he rejoined the activemilitary to squelch this uprising.
Little does he realizeKesheron holds its own dangers, roving bands of maraudersthat take what they want by force. Now that the Empire isdrafting men and even boys to fight the growing threat onthe rim, the people of Siasha's village are in greater dangerthan ever before. All seems lost when raiders threatenSiasha's life, but then a stranger from the stars arrives, guaranteeing that young Siasha's life will never be the sameagain!The most recent chronicles of the Zandeji, a long forgottenelite military force, are captured in this debut novel fromChristopher T.
Mooney. In this first in a series of booksthat tell an epic space opera of ultimate good versusultimate evil, the author has created a believable universewhere religion is outlawed and the final destiny of all restsupon the strength of faith, hope and love.
