Shared Universe - Forbidden Knowledge - Standalone Adventures
Six doors into the Shaper Universe.Tales from the Vault of the Forgotten Stars - a galaxy reborn from Earth's ashes. Every story stands alone. Read them in any order. Leave changed.
Season 1 includes six stories:
Gift of the Ancients - Gordon returns from an interdimensional journey with knowledge that could reshape humanity's understanding of consciousness itself.
Traitor's Influence - Iona must rescue her mentor from a rogue Shaper who's discovered the seventh dimensional layer - where nefarious beings wait to claim anyone who reaches too far.
Steed of Destiny - Bounty hunter Illmar takes a routine job that goes sideways - waking up in his ship with his target eliminated, a fortune deposited in his account, and a new employer he never asked for.
Anom Never Sleeps - Harper Kurosawa fights for survival on an Earth controlled by an AI that considers humans "feral apes" unworthy of the planet it's rebuilding.
The Grevax Vendetta - Iona and Exen's training mission turns deadly when the Grevax sabotage their drop and the "simulated" bioweapons become all too real.
Diplomatic Immunity - Clone assassin Xanthame wakes in a new body, ready for another mission - until an alien contact points him toward answers his handlers never wanted him to find.
Approximately 41,000 words. The perfect entry point - or the perfect side door - into the Shaper Saga.