Angol
They were united.
They were brilliant.
They were erased.
When an ancient artificial intelligence known only as Envoy arrives carrying the final records of a lost civilization, humanity learns an impossible truth.
The Singers once ruled seventeen star systems.
They solved war.
They solved scarcity.
They solved division.
Then the Veil found them.
Now six billion lives exist only as archived memory.
With less than a year before the same threat reaches human space, five rival powers are forced into an alliance none of them trust.
Captain Davan Torr of the Orion Sovereignty.
Councilor Orin Vex of the Commonwealth of Free Colonies.
Admiral Zhen Kaiyu of the Meridian Alliance.
Dr. Lyra Sorrens, a scientist fleeing the Vanguard Protectorate.
And Commander Elise Karro of the Confederacy.
Their governments remain divided.
Their people remain suspicious.
Their histories remain stained by conflict.
But the Veil does not care about borders.
As evacuation plans begin, military doctrines collapse, and entire civilizations struggle to adapt, a terrifying possibility emerges:
Humanity's greatest strength may be the very thing it has spent centuries trying to overcome.
Its inability to agree.
For readers who enjoy thought-provoking science fiction, first-contact mysteries, large-scale political drama, and civilization-level stakes.
