Honorable Mention for 2003 PEARL
Award - Best Science Fiction Romance
SummaryAt the age of seventeen the young nobleman named Jaibriol
Qox becomes ruler of a vast galactic empire - and loses
everything he has ever valued. Born of a clandestine
liaison between a renegade daughter of the Skolian
Imperialate and a scion of the genetically engineered
Eubian Traders, Jai Qox grew up in exile, unaware of the
powers that coursed through his noble blood.
In the waning days of the bloody Radiance War that ravaged
the galaxy, Jai was captured and returned to the Traders
to
play a role as a puppet Emperor in their scheme to
consolidate their domination of space.
Now Jai must walk a razor's edge, to seize the power that
is his by birthright without succumbing to its dark
seduction and wield it for the good of all, and to avert a
conflagration that threatens to engulf a thousand worlds.
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