A daring military space opera series, in the grand tradition of Hyperion and The Expanse
The Heliosphere is the last stand of humanity. After being driven from Earth by the genocides at the end of the Silicone Age, humanity has scattered across the solar system, clinging to life on moons, in void habitats, and even the terraformed plains of Mars.
To avoid the terrible mistakes of the past, a new political system has been adopted. The Tenancy.
Immortal transhumans rule over their respective spheres of influence. Granted life and death power over their citizens, they’re entrusted with ensuring the horrors can never rise again. Not all the Landlords are loved, but their power is the bedrock on which all else depends.
For not all the Landlords care for the imperfect stability offered by the Tenancy. In the Kuiper, one promises utopia. When she calls out from the darkness, war follows.
And into this mess comes Tharsis. Lieutenant Ambera Chen.
A young woman from the Tharsan Bulge on Mars, she thought a commission in the Arran Self Defense Force would be her ticket to the adventure of a lifetime. Instead, she’s stuck at a dead-end posting in the middle of the Inner Belt, with a commander who hates her and a base that’s falling apart. International politics are far beyond her concern. She’s got her own problems to deal with.
But an easy first assignment? The Heliosphere is not going to let her get away with that.
Soon, Tharsis finds herself racing through foreign moons and forgotten worlds, across time itself, in desperate pursuit of ancient truths that may save, or damn, what’s left of the human race. Will she uncover the Heliosphere’s secrets in time, or will all she loves be destroyed?