The Aethion Galaxy is engulfed in civil war. A usurper has assumed the throne of god-prince and has laid bare his ambition to rule the entirety of the galaxy. Even now, his forces spread like an infection through peaceful space, obliterating worlds, inciting rebellion, and terrifying the masses. But this is distant, uninteresting news to Kah'riss. Born blind on an unforgiving, lightless, mining world, he has only ever had one dream:...