One Against an Empire

Only a psionic can survive battle with another psionic. But in the Reborn Empire, human psionics inevitably become megalomaniacal monsters—or so everyone is taught.

Commander Sasham Varan defied the odds, surviving a Zchoradan psionic attack. His remarkable feat caught the attention of Prime Monitor Shagrath, who recruited him into a top-secret project aimed at creating a stable human psi.

But when a flaw in the treatment reveals Shagrath’s true nature as a malevolent, inhuman force seeking to destroy the Empire, Varan realizes he’s been betrayed. With the help of “Vick,” the alien scientist who developed the psionic treatment, Varan escapes and manages to send a single, cryptic message to Taelin Mel’Tasne, one of the Five Families and his closest friend.

Now a fugitive, branded a rebel and a rogue psi, Varan must rely on his untested abilities, two alien allies with their own agendas, the enigmatic trader known as The Eonwyl, and the unwavering faith of Taelin Mel’Tasne. Together, they hold the only hope of saving the Empire—and possibly the galaxy.