A dark night is set to descend upon humanity. An empire of malevolent aliens looms in the out reaches of known space while the Galactic Concord struggles to unite humanity's crumbling alliance.

Gabriel Connor's quest to preserve the Verge and clear his name leads him to Algemron, a system ravaged by war and rotting from corruption within, then to the ruins of an ancient civilization.

To save his friends, he must risk all he holds dear.

To save himself, he may have to become something more than human.