Duskfall (The Veylori Cycle)

By R. T. Kalen

The Veylori believed every threat could be understood.

Then an entire world fell silent.

When Commander Tiberius Caelan encounters an enemy that does not conquer, negotiate, or hate, he becomes one of the first to recognize the terrible truth: the Stillness is not waging war. It is reducing life to its simplest possible state.

As colony after colony disappears, the Veylori struggle to defend a civilization built on reason, memory, and the belief that all things return. Their conventional forces begin to fail, and survival demands increasingly desperate choices.

Tiberius is selected for the Waking Sword Program, joining twelve elite military assets preserved in stasis and awakened only when the war reaches its darkest turning points. Each time he opens his eyes, years have passed. The people he knew have aged, the worlds he defended have changed, and fewer Waking Swords remain.

Only Lira Venn-a gifted archivist entrusted with preserving the truth of a civilization coming apart-offers him a connection that can endure the fractured passage of time. But Lira has been chosen for a preservation program of her own, binding their lives to separate cycles of sleep, awakening, duty, and loss.

As the Stillness closes around the Veylori home worlds, one final project offers the possibility of survival: Aetherion.

But not everyone can be saved.

Mournful, sweeping, and deeply human, Duskfall blends military science fiction, cosmic horror, archival mystery, and slow-burning romance in the opening novel of The Veylori Cycle.

All things return, yet none return unchanged.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H7Q5CKTS
• ISBN13: 9798185437834
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 590 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.0"