To outsiders, it is the Veil--a shadow over stars, a black pit in the universe. In space, light is life, and this small, cold, dark place--anchored between monolithic empires--has remained ignored.

Dark nebulae rarely play host to stars--but this one is an exception. Nestled within the Veil--which its inhabitants refer to as Tartarus--is the star Erebos, with its host of worlds. Among them, Asphodel, final resting place of humanity.
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In time, these mere humans would reach beyond their cage of cold hydrogen. But first they must survive themselves. Their world of Asphodel is embroiled in a cold war--Sanctus, Sañira, UCS and Swehteir, all armed with the atom, poised at the brink of mutual annihilation.