Her captain is furious at her. She wasted company resources getting herself killed, and itâs coming out of her paycheck. Now, sheâs sitting across from the first other human being sheâs seen in six years. His name is Adnan. He claims to come from Earthâbut thatâs impossible. Earth died a long time ago. If Adnanâs telling the truth, he and the decaying ship the captain pulled him off are nearly a thousand years old.
Wherever heâs from, heâs Shaaraâs responsibility now. Which is the last thing she needs. But itâs either that, or the captain sells Adnan into slavery. Shaara knows what that would mean. Most humans do. And something inside her wonât let her abandon Adnan to it: revenant memories, stabbed awake by the look in his eyes.
Facing those memories wonât be easy. Itâd be far easier to ignore the feeling driving her forward. Far easier to let it all go to hell, and drift back to sleep.
Until a shadowy new faction starts stoking the fires of war. Theyâre looking for Adnan; Earthâs last survivor holds the key to unleash a terrible, indiscriminate vengeance on the galaxy that wronged them. Who they are is a mysteryâto everyone but Shaara. Hard as sheâs tried to forget, she knows them all too well. Which means sheâs the only one who can stop them.
The question is: does she want to? Maybe the galaxyâs earned a little vengeance.
The first book in the trilogy, Oblivion's Cloak, won First Place in the Space Opera category at the 2023 Cygnus Awards!
Dylan has been writing science fiction stories since he was old enough to write. Heâs been writing original science fiction storiesâdiscounting admittedly awesome, fully illustrated Star Trek and Star Wars fan fictionâsince he was twelve.
Other than sci-fi and storytelling, Dylan loves history (which is just another form of storytelling, if you think about it). He has a masterâs degree in international relations and conflict, and to this day spends as much time reading history as anything else.
When not reading or writing, Dylan enjoys spending time with his lovely wife, Victoria, and their son William, particularly watching yet more stories, from brilliant favorites like Battlestar Galactica and The Expanse, to joyously terrible films like Miami Connection and Samurai Cop. Of course, at a few months old William is too young to watch these himself, but he does make very approving noises when Dylan explains the plots to him.
Finally, Dylan enjoys walking his dog, El Doggo (the fabled Goodest Boy), shooting sports, and like all good children of the 90s, video games. Heâs played more hours of modded XCOM 2 than some babies have been alive.
He also has a Lord of the Rings tattoo, which in a way tells you everything else you need to know.