What does it take to survive in a hostile universe? The alien empire, Zlocu, has dedicated itself to evolution through violence after a civil war ravaged its planet. Now, as part of its plan, it has declared war on all galactic civilizations. And Earth is next. With Earth's military crumbling under the onslaught and interplanetary governments also on the edge of collapse, four unlikely heroes band together to stop the empire. Logan Preaker, a swordsman fighting for true equality. Seiner Butch, a scientific man driven by justice. Amira Dhorian, the last princess of her planet. And Tania Maestas, a magician seeking true happiness. Each has lost something to the empire and, together, they're determined to halt the Zlocu's twisted evolution for good. But humanity has its own ghosts to contend with. Abandoned by the universe, the fate of the Earth and the universe rests on the shoulders of four heroes. And they'll have to take down an empire to save it.