The Phantom Conduit

About this book

As the encroaching Veil Collapse isolates star systems and threatens billions with famine, the galaxy's only hope lies in an ancient, living dark-matter network. Captain Amara Velasquez, a 41-year-old veteran explorer of Chilean-Kenyan descent, involuntarily awakens this network when her decisive actions during a first-contact disaster create a unique quantum resonance. Devoid of magical prophecies or glowing birthmarks, she is forced into a desperate partnership with Professor Kael Vorr, a 36-year-old xeno-cartographer from a avian-descended species whose brilliant but heretical theories cost him his academic career. Together, they embark on a perilous linear journey across six collapsing sectors to reactivate the Phantom Conduit. Hunted by opportunist warlords who seek to weaponize the network, they must navigate radioactive derelicts, communicate with mathematically minded nomads, and survive harrowing zero-G combat. In the end, they must make an agonizing choice at the galactic nexus, determining whether exploration will be the galaxy's salvation or its ultimate burden.

Book details

Genres:

Adventure, Space Opera, Science Fiction

Language:

en

Published:

2026-06-16

Content rating:

PG-13