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For millions of years, the galaxy has been a graveyard-a silent expanse where civilizations rise only to be harvested by an ancient, hunger-driven cycle. But in the final days of a dying race, a desperate gamble was taken.They didn't build a vault; they engineered a miracle.
When EarthGov's deep-space scavengers found the stasis pod floating in the void, they thought they had discovered the ultimate payday. They found a child. A boy with platinum hair and eyes that glowed like dying stars. They took him in, gave him a name, and spent decades trying to break him into the perfect tool for their shadow wars.
He was their ghost. Their butcher.Their best-kept secret.
To the generals in the high offices of Earth, he is the ultimate black-ops asset-a man of impossible strength, unmatched intellect, and a lethal, snarky charm that masks the monster lurking beneath his skin. They believe they own him. They believe the advanced nanotech coursing through his veins is a gift of human ingenuity.They are wrong.
Deep within his cellular matrix, a golden biomass wait to be unleashed-a power capable of rewriting the laws of biology and shattering the psychic chains of the Markers. While he executes EarthGov's dirty work with a sarcastic quip and a steady hand, he is secretly weaving a web of his own.In the shadows, a new order is rising-a federation born to do what EarthGov is too cowardly to attempt: to hunt the hunters.
Now, a routine repair mission to the USG Ishimura has been called. The oldest Planet Cracker in the fleet has gone dark, and the higher-ups want their "Specialist" on the ground to oversee the cleanup.
He knows what's waiting on that ship. He's felt the signal calling out from the Aegis system. But while the rest of the crew prepares for a rescue, he is preparing for a harvest. The universe's greatest mistake was teaching an apex predator how to think for himself.
The cycle is about to be broken. And he's bringing a blade of black and gold to the throat of the gods