The Ashes of the Stars

Some cargo is worth more than money. Some secrets can change the fate of entire worlds.

At the edge of charted space, Captain Elyn Vasko and the crew of the Wanderblade make their living salvaging what others have abandoned. Their battered ship has survived dangerous jobs, ruthless rivals, and more close calls than Elyn cares to remember.

Then they discover a wreck that should not exist.

Hidden inside the centuries-old vessel is a mysterious crystal pulsing like a heartbeat. It projects an ancient star map pointing toward a system erased from official records more than two hundred years ago-a place sealed off after the Collapse and forgotten by almost everyone.

Almost.

The powerful Consortium wants the crystal back, and they are willing to kill for it. Their pursuit forces Elyn and her crew deeper into the mystery, where forgotten civilizations, buried technology, old betrayals, and dangerous truths begin to surface.

For Elyn, the journey soon becomes painfully personal. Twelve years ago, she served the Consortium-and escaped from a mission that destroyed everyone around her. Now the secrets she tried to leave behind are waiting at the end of the crystal's map.

With pilot Tamsin Rho, four-armed engineer Boro, and the enigmatic combat android Six at her side, Elyn must decide how far she is willing to go for the truth-and whether some discoveries were hidden for a reason.

Because the deeper the Wanderblade travels into the darkness, the clearer one thing becomes:

The past is not dead.

It has been waiting.

The Ashes of the Stars is the first installment in an epic science-fiction adventure series filled with mysterious alien technology, ancient secrets, space exploration, found family, dangerous enemies, and a crew forced to confront a history that could reshape the future of the galaxy.

Book One of The Ashes of the Stars series.