Cubes: Rising: Starlab Chronicles: Chapter One
by Dan BerisonPublish: Feb 20, 2020Series: Starlab ChroniclesBook Overview
Click-click. The universe is changing.Within the derelict Flightship Janus rested the most remarkable treasure ever to be found; irrefutable evidence of a superior alien intelligence that inhabited this galaxy nearly a millennia ago.
The dark peril is real, and their return will be as merciless as it is destructive… Already we are on the backfoot. From the feudal Wilderness to the core planets, terrifying reports reveal of planets, waystations and entire fleets, decimated by an indomitable alien armada of tremendous power. Few have survived their wrath. Now a stagnant human civilisation must break its reckless complacency, overcome centuries of intractable rivalries and stretch out into the void once more to bridge the technological gap. Our very existence depends on it.
Yet, in a universe of assassins, thieves, pirates and bounty hunters, civilisation is hardly a shiny beacon of harmony. Corruption is everywhere; so embedded in society that few look to change it. And now the hallowed Janus Object is on the move and all eyes are watching.
At the doorstep of the first major galactic expansion in centuries, the WesCon could not be left behind. Positioned at the relocated Starlab 16 is the most advanced human vessel ever made: the Flightship Alabaster. At its helm stands the deadly Captain Vela, an elite soldier whose past is steeped in mystery and uncertainty… a past that is starting to reveal itself. The dark frontier holds untold dangers, but not all dangers lie beyond our borders. Captain Vela and his team must act quickly or all will be consumed. A reckoning is coming, one we may not survive.
Cubes: Rising is the first chapter in a series of epic space opera adventures set across over a hundred worlds and many dimensions as the human race look explore the void in the hope of finding salvation before the great enemy comes.
