Shields of Shadows

Due to civil war, the three home planets abandoned their outlying colony worlds. Thousands of years later, with the war resolved, the home planets want to reclaim the Fourth World and the people who live upon it. But is it a reclaiming, or an invasion?In the wake of Briar's miscarriage, Briar and Thorn are ripped apart by grief. Can they mend the distance between them and move forward from their loss?Thorn establishes their outpost, calling in allies and enemies alike, and Briar explores the new knowledge about her power. Can she free her people from their subjugation? And in doing so, can she resolve a civil war on another of the colony worlds?