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Redemption isn't born from a single action. It's forged through a series of choices, crossing the line in the sand, and answering when she calls for help.Korac, naked and chained, can't escape the Vast Collective's prison. But he can hear Sagan's cries, growing fainter through their connection.Razor, the Pain Curator, is undoubtedly behind her suffering. Sagan sought to ally with the ancient alien, using his powerful connections to uncover the galaxy's darkest secrets and protect her family and the planets under her care.Razor shattered her for it.Sagan's trust once transformed Korac's entire life, and he'll be damned if Razor gloats for another day. Korac will find her, and nothing will stop him. Not even his past.

How does one become a war criminal?Was it the abandonment by my father? The subduing of my mother? Could the tyrannical aliens with their boot on Cinder's neck have contributed to my misery and my own impressive kill skill for inflicting pain? All those millennia of fighting for our place in the Vast Collective only to be branded monsters by the very people who made us into assassins.The real monsters reside in Enki.Consider my position, King Rayne. The survival of my race hung in the balance. The well-being of my brother and my best friend. What would you do differently?For the sake of Cinder, the Vast Collective, and the universe - learn from my mistakes.Don't become like me.

In 2006, Earth faces an invasion by mythic aliens from the planet Cinder.Trained by a human-sympathizer and traitor to his own kind, Rayne and her unit of teenagers find themselves in a desperate struggle against the lethal invaders.The advanced alien army is led by the righteous King Nox-dedicated to his relentless pursuit of humanity's subjugation. By day, his human followers prepare for the invasion at his command. And by night, he visits Rayne's dreams to weaken her resolve.Exhausted and wrung-out, the unit of fighters confront the invasion head-on. If they fail, Earth will fall under the shadow of Nox's revenge, and Rayne will lose everything to the dark king's sinister machinations.

Tameka battles her way through the Vast Collective to disarm Imminent's designs. With Xelan at her side, they lead the Shadow into dangerous missions of subterfuge and sabotage for the sake of everything they've lost and everything they hope to build.Not to mention Rayne, who was trapped in the martyr complex and taken to Enki at the hands of those who betrayed the Shadow. Well, maybe. Kinda. The treachery motivation is still unclear.Meanwhile, Imminent and Enki announce ridiculous bounties on the Shadow, tempting the best and the worst galaxy-wide to collect on the very people trying to save them. As the Shadow's missions outline a terrible scheme, perhaps Imminent's intentions are worse than Tameka thought.Without fully understanding the scale of their enemies' plans, Tameka, Xelan, and the Shadow fight to save Rayne and end Imminent. With the entire galaxy in jeopardy, what price must they pay to free the Vast Collective from Enki's grip?

Rayne, Sagan, Tameka, Kyle, and Andrew adjust to life in the apocalypse. Having failed to prevent it, they must pull their resources to turn back the tide and save Earth.This isn't going to be easy. They need to combine resistance forces, amass an army, and earn their place in the galactic-wide effort to stop the King of Cinder before he can further spread devastation.Somewhere in there, they need to convince Enki to grant them nacres and technological aid to combat the extremely advanced Night Army. This presents its own set of obstacles for them to overcome. Luckily Xelan and The Brethren are there to help along the way.Recover. Regroup. Resist. This is the only way.Can they encourage humanity to rise against the Icarean invasion and convince Enki there may be another way than pure annihilation? Or will Nox's threat on the Progeny, the Earth, and the galaxy prove too strong to oppose?

Tameka and Xelan formulate a plan to rescue their son, Pax, from Imminent's clutches while negotiating with galactic leaders for allied support.Meanwhile, the Shadow try to recover lost members of their family from Remorse and Celindria. When complications arise, they expend all their resources to form unlikely partnerships in the midst of a galaxy-wide war.Imminent watches all the while as dominoes fall in place to their inevitable conclusion within the coalescence of Probabilities. The multi-verse waits on the brink.Tameka, Sagan, Rayne, Kyle, and Andrew push beyond their limits to confront Imminent for their malicious grip on the Vast Collective, but will the five Progeny find more than they bargained for?

The Progeny try to unpack what looked like Tameka's demise, but after a few pep talks, Xelan continues to stage the battle to save the galaxy from Imminent's clutches.Meanwhile, Tameka clears their way to the bridge which pilots the Dyson's Sphere while making a few discoveries along the way. Pax is on their minds, and Rayne is never far from their mission.Imminent unravels under the pressure of millennia in the making, learning their threadbare partnerships may not hold up given what's at stake-Enki, the Vast Collective, and existence as they know it.For Tameka, Sagan, Rayne, Kyle, and Andrew, nothing is more important than making it out together. But with obstacles mounting, that becomes a less attainable goal.The finale to Drowning Enki's trilogy awaits, and the end of everything grows nearer.