The Commonwealth is in crisis.A distant and feckless political class has left it paralyzed in the face of growing economic conflict and popular discontent. The leaders of four thousand settled planets distract themselves with constant maneuvers for control of the tottering machinery of government while the frontier worlds burn with smoldering fires of rebellion.It is in this environment of escalating violence and constantly shifting allegiances that planetary representative Maxim Darius makes his move. He is a man on a mission, assured of his abilities and certain of his destiny to lead.But what is that destiny? Can the Commonwealth survive it?
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