THE DARKFIRE SAGA CONTINUES AS A WEARY AND BATTLE-SCARRED NICHOLAS TALLEZAR HEADS HOME TO EARTH—BUT FINDS THAT THE UNIVERSE NEEDS HIS POWERS ONCE AGAIN
“we were never defeated. Keep this in mind the next time you decide to test your mettle and my patience. The only reason anyone in the galaxy fears a Tactarian—or a Barrellien… is because the Alignment let them live.”
Nicholas Tallezar has traveled very far from home—only to learn that the universe is not so different from his own world: filled with greed, war, scheming and string-pulling by those with an unquenchable thirst for control. After a three-year journey in the company of the Arotek people, he has healed mentally and physically, and fine-tuned his power to conjure darkness. He is ready, they tell him, to find his way back to Earth. But the trip will not go as planned.
After intervening to aid a ship in distress, he is reunited with Luna Rath, who still has the ability to stir his longing. He also detours to Vermuran and Tactaria, the homes of his father and mother, where he struggles to fit in and feel comfortable—and begins to puzzle together his parents’ past.
Yet as he is once again entangled in intergalactic intrigue, a more urgent problem comes to his attention. A creature of massive proportions has given birth on the planet Illusia, and encoded within her shell are the secrets of the universe. Dangerous forces are determined to possess this treasure—and none other than Luna is devoted to protecting it. Summoned to a world in the midst of war, he must fight alongside her once again and the stakes could hardly be higher…
