"We are the House of Altimsah. We came from nothing. We were as one with the sands of ancient Earth. Through the shedding of our blood and the sacrifices of our ancestors, we have earned the right to rule. We are creatures of manifest destiny." An Empire spanning most of the known galaxy. An Empire that has survived for over two thousand years. An Empire that is dying in the face of war and revolution. An Empire ruled by the House of Altimsah, corrupt and self-serving. A dynasty at war with itself. A war has started, a war that may signal the final collapse of the House of Altimsah and the Galactic Empire. A war that should never have been possible. A war that defies all logic. In the midst of this devastating and cataclysmic conflict, two people find themselves fighting a war within a war. A young woman, the Amari, heir to the Imperial throne, and Ziyad, a soldier in the Imperial forces, a man she places her fragile hope in. The Amari is betrayed by the very people who vowed to protect her. But the real betrayal lies in her past, a dark secret, that, if made public, would finally bring down the House of Altimsah.
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