Book excerpt: "Unforgettable characters and is jam-packed with action [and] adventure. . . one readers will not want to miss." -- Booklist "Gripping writing, a brilliantly realized future culture and sympathetic characters . . . an entertaining and compelling read." -- SFX Magazine The sequel to D. Nolan Clark's epic space adventure Forsaken Skies. The battle is over. But the war has only just begun. Aleister Lanoe has won a stunning victory against the alien armada that threatened Niraya, but it's not enough to satisfy his desire for vengeance. He won't rest until he's located the armada's homeworld and reduced it to ashes. Yet his personal vendetta will have to wait. Lanoe now faces a desperate race against time, and the merciless Centrocor corporation, if he's to secure the Earth's future -- and discover the truth he seeks.