Egwumba
THE CHOIR OF ASHES
by Egwumba Mmesoma Kingsley
In a galaxy where civilisation has mastered the stars, humanity discovers something older than history itself.
Hidden beneath dying worlds and burning suns lies an ancient network known only as the Wells - a cosmic architecture built by extinct civilisations to prevent the collapse of existence.
But activating the Wells comes at a terrible cost.
When reluctant explorer Taren Solis becomes the first human to integrate with a Fragment of this forgotten system, he awakens a force known as the Choir - a collective memory of every species that has ever faced extinction.
Now hunted by the brilliant and ruthless strategist Serat Vey, and feared by the very civilisation he is trying to protect, Taren must navigate a galaxy descending into war, myth, and belief.
Religious cults rise. Empires fracture. Stars themselves become battlefields.
As more Fragments awaken, one terrifying truth emerges:
The Choir was not created to save life.
It was created to reshape it.
And Taren may be its final instrument.