**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**
''THE START OF SOMETHING TRULY EPIC'' Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga
''DAZZLING . . . THIS IS SPACE OPERA AT ITS BEST''Publishers Weekly
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse comes a spectacular new space opera that sees humanity fighting for its survival in a war as old as the universe itself. Invasion is only the beginning . . .
The Carryx - part empire, part hive - has waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy in its con?ict with an ancient and deathless enemy.
When they descend on the isolated world of Anjiin, the human population is abased, slaughtered and put in chains. The best and brightest are abducted, taken to the Carryx world-palace to join prisoners from a thousand other species.
Dafyd Alkhor, assistant to a prestigious scientist, is captured along with his team. Even he d
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