Ephemeris

A Broken World

Far from Earth, thousands of years after mankind's desperate diaspora, humanity's children have built an egalitarian utopia, a home among the stars.

But the atavistic vices that drove humanity to ruin-greed, lust for power, the need to control-still lurk in the depths of the soul, leading down the path of exploitation, slavery and war . . . and to stand against them is to challenge the very principles of social order that form the basis of civilization.

A young hacker from a low-tech world finds himself front and center on the galactic stage when he joins a band of mercenaries to flee the crimes of his past.

Can he find expiation for his tragic mistakes, or will guilt and panic drive him to his destruction . . . and doom those he could have saved?

The Elech are a proud draconic race with an ancient history preserved through genetic memory-and they vividly recall their betrayal at the hands of the children of man . . . and the genocide they barely survived.

Can a former slave of their persecutors be the bridge that helps them trust anew, or are they doomed to slow decline and eventual extinction?