Light Seen Through a Dark Veil: An Emergent Universe: Book Five of Five

By Forest Woodes

Winner of the 2026 Gold Literary Titan Award. A complete 5-book binge-worthy epic.

The countdown reached zero. Humanity's extinction has begun.

Myra inherited her mother's war. One hundred years of preparation. Decades bought by the twins. And it still wasn't enough.

Svetlana dances until the sky splits open. Francis prays with his childhood friends hours before their world burns. Henri will be the last one standing when the voice speaks. And Nightsong has watched it all-five generations, one consciousness threading through humanity's last stand.

Shards of ice fall on cities. Planets are resurfaced. And humanity dies en masse. And something the Harvesters have never done before: they're holding back. They are waiting to see what the Builders will do.

In an emergent universe, all things that are born eventually die. Even humanity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GGQLK5ZD
• ISBN13: 9798243831710
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"