Embers of the Void

Hundreds of thousands of years in the future, in the distant war-torn galaxy known as Kaveeria, John Archer was created to be the Galactic Union's perfect soldier. Meticulously crafted to safeguard thousands of worlds from the wrath of a sinister alien race known as the Advent, John emerged from the secret laboratories and rose above the battlefields as a beacon of hope to a galaxy rapidly falling into darkness. But after the tragic and unanticipated outcome of his final mission against the Advent, John was abruptly discharged from military service and has spent decades of confinement in the shadows of a desolate Galactic Union black site. Now, after waiting for orders to return to the worlds he was created to protect, John has finally been reinstated and is selected to take part in one of the most critical undertakings in Kaveeria's history—to infiltrate a portal that leads to a distant region of the universe where the Advent has constructed a massive interstellar array of twelve planet-size megastructures linked together in a sprawling web of cosmic energy. John leads a unit of daring soldiers tasked with uncovering the secrets of the Advent's ultimate creation, hoping to gain a tactical advantage in the war against their galactic enemy. But as John ventures into the uncharted reaches of the cosmos, he finds himself forced to confront the harrowing events of his fateful past, quickly realizing the endeavor will not only test his allegiance to the galaxy he was created to defend, but also lead him to uncover an ancient plot that threatens the entire universe.