The war was supposed to end. Instead, it changed everything.
A year after the Extermination attempt, the stars of the Universal Peacekeeping Federation shine over a fragile peace. First Officer Evander Guryon still carries the ghosts of those he lost, while Captain Angelica Tenah fights to rebuild what the war destroyed. But when a drained corpse surfaces on Calidorfia, the crew of the new ship "Aurora" is drawn into a new hunt -one that traces back to forbidden experiments and a name thought long extinct: the Crimson Eclipse.
Across shattered colonies and storm-veiled oceans, Evander, Angelica, and the evolving Al Mal'Erro uncover a design older and deadlier than war itself. Each revelation pulls them closer to a truth buried in metal and memory-where humanity's reach has gone too far, and evolution no longer asks for permission. As the Forge of Kronos stirs beyond the rim, the light of civilization begins to fade. and in the silence between stars, something is learning how to breathe.Join Evander on another thrilling journey across the stars One mystery. One galaxy at risk. Evander's next journey may be his most dangerous yet.