The second novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and
epic fantasy as Hadrian Marlowe continues down a path that can only end in fire. Hadrian
Marlowe is lost. For half a century he has searched the farther suns for the lost planet of
Vorgossos hoping to find a way to contact the elusive alien Cielcin. He has not succeeded and
for years has wandered among the barbarian Normans as captain of a band of mercenaries.
Determined to make peace and bring an end to nearly four hundred years of war Hadrian must
venture beyond the security of the Sollan Empire and among the Extrasolarians who dwell between
the stars. There he will face not only the aliens he has come to offer peace but contend with
creatures that once were human with traitors in his midst and with a meeting that will bring
him face to face with no less than the oldest enemy of mankind. If he succeeds he will usher
in a peace unlike any in recorded history. If he fails...the galaxy will burn.
