The Starborn Saga 2: Beyond the Horizon
Starborn Saga 2: Beyond the Horizon
The war against the Forgotten was won, but victory was not an ending-it was only the beginning. In the sequel to the mind-bending Starborn Saga, the surviving Starborn step beyond the known universe, crossing a threshold no civilisation has ever returned from. But what lies beyond the horizon is not what they expected.
In Starborn Saga 2: Beyond the Horizon, reality itself unravels as the Starborn venture into a realm where the laws of existence have yet to be written. The universe they left behind is closing off, and a new one is forming around them-a place where thought shapes matter, where time is a suggestion rather than a rule, and where ancient forces stir from their slumber.
But they are not alone.
A signal echoes from the void-a transmission from something impossible: human voices, calling from a world that should not exist. When they investigate, they find a derelict space station adrift in the dark, its crew long gone... or perhaps, never truly alive to begin with. The message they left behind is simple and chilling:
- "You are not the first to come here. And you will not be the last."
And then, the Watchers return.
These once-mysterious entities, long thought to be silent observers of human evolution, reappear-but this time, not to watch. They bring a warning, their voices fractured across multiple timelines:
- "You have broken the cycle. And now, the Architects will return."
The Architects, the first beings to shape reality, have not been seen since the dawn of time. Some believed they were myths, others thought them long extinct. But now, something stirs in the outermost void-a presence older than time itself. And it does not welcome the Starborn.
As the new universe stabilises, some Starborn hunger for control, believing they must finish what the Architects started-reshape existence itself and become the new gods of this reality. Others resist, fearing they will only repeat the cycle that led to destruction before. The divide fractures their unity, turning allies into enemies in a war fought across space and time itself.
Meanwhile, the old universe is unraveling in ways no one foresaw.
- The stars begin shifting-not naturally, but as if they were illusions flickering in and out of place.
- Earth's Moon trembles as hidden machinery deep within its core comes to life.
- A lost human colony-a people exiled from history-emerges from the void, revealing secrets about humanity's past that were never meant to be remembered.
- A Watcher's last warning whispers through time:
- "Earth was never a prison. It was a quarantine."
Then, the first true invaders arrive.
Not the Forgotten. Not the Architects. But something else entirely-an intelligence from outside all known realities. It does not invade with ships or armies, but by rewriting history itself, erasing moments before they happen, manipulating reality as easily as one might edit a story.
The first casualties are not people.
The first casualties are memories, timelines, the very fabric of existence itself.
Now, the Starborn must make the ultimate decision:
- Fight for control of reality, rewriting the very laws of the cosmos to ensure humanity's survival-at the cost of becoming something no longer human.
- Step aside, allowing existence to reshape itself without interference-even if it means letting Earth fade into myth.
- Or leave everything behind, disappearing into the endless unknown, seeking answers beyond the reach of even the Architects.
But there is one final truth they have yet to learn:
The cycle never truly ends.
And something is still watching them from the darkness.
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