United under the divine Kinteran Empire, humanity ascended to the realm of the stars and expanded across the many worlds of the Altrune System. But after the First Altrune War, the empire fractured, dividing humanity and giving rise to the eleven controlling sectors of Altrune. Nearly two hundred years after the conclusion of the First Altrune War, the Kinteran Empire remains a shadow of its former self. Unable to accept the empire's decline, the current Kinteran Emperor prepares to strike against one of the Eleven in an endeavor to reunite humanity under the Kinteran banner. Roy Liaden and his close friend Claire are recent military graduates trained to pilot fearsome mechanized suits known as Harbingers. Roy enlisted only to escape the dreadful life he had always known on the Kinteran-controlled world of Ruia, but he has yet to learn of the emperor's plans. Soon, Roy will be thrust into a war that will shake the foundations of the Eleven and alter the fate of the Altrune System. Will Roy be a Harbinger of the Kinteran Empire's new era, or will he perish? Astral Empire: Harbingers of Kinterah is the first book of the Astral Empire saga.
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