It is the year 2094. Earth is on the brink of collapse. Humanity's only chance of survival is to relocate to the alien planet Kentauri. When the Kentauri declared war, Earth created the Galactic Army, a military force specialized for combat in space with the sole purpose of defeating the Kentauri. Ryan wakes up the day of his recruitment test with perplexing visions filling his mind. His day only gets stranger as he recalls people he's never met and places he's never visited. On the pilot simulation, he does brilliantly, despite having close to no training. The army marks it down as talent - Ryan isn't so sure. As Ryan grows in the Galactic Army, he pieces together his visions and memories to find that he holds secrets that could unravel both worlds. Time is running out, and Ryan must walk a delicate balance between truth and lies if he is to survive and protect the ones he loves. ~ Cover by the wonderful kimunkur!

London, 1848. Everybody needs someone to hate. I'm Ethan Vinge, the lord's first royal guard. I am also Ethan, the Butcher. The blood is something I know very well. To be honest, I am pretty happy about the fact that someone got killed and I finally will be able to do what I can best: Hunting them down. Never would I have guessed that all my nightmares come to get alive in between. All the betrayal, desperation, wrong turns and of course the blood and death are giving me a hard time, but - and this is important - this is the only way to find out who I am. The real Ethan, in case something like this exists. Even though Lord Blackwood also suffers under the burden of ruling an unsteady kingdom, I am here. I will protect him with my life and whatever it takes.