Some background information on my sci-fi YA series Terminus…
The world is ending. It will be decided by those would save it… and those would ensure its destruction.
The Great Alliance is a democratic union of sixty-five worlds and has kept the peace for almost three centuries. The Royals, people born with special abilities like strength and flight, defend the GA from enemies foreign and domestic. But their relative quiet is about to be shattered by old and new foes alike as a literal apocalypse looms in the future.
Sarah Cayale is the Majestrix, the elected leader of the GA. She is also the strongest Royal alive, but a promise to her dying mother turned her into a politician instead of a soldier. She’d rather be out fighting and feels stifled by her job. Her daughter, Sonyia, has just begun her own service as a policeman slash ambassador with her childhood friend Alex Jennings. Sonyia is competent and cool-headed and always tries to do the right thing… unlike her slightly more obnoxious friend Alex. Sonyia is from the diplomatic track while Alex just graduated from the Naval Academy.
Alfred Kayma leads the GA’s intelligence service and is a divisive figure to say the least. He’s the hero for arch conservatives and the nemesis of liberals. Sarah has an uneasy alliance with him; he quietly fixes problems without crossing some nebulous line. But Kayma hides a darker secret than Sarah ever suspected. He is the leader of a vast conspiracy with the stated goal of defeating the alien menace of the Ronains by any means possible. A new terrorist group called the Dominants has emerged with highly advanced technology and the stated goal of destroying the Great Alliance, led by a mysterious figure who may or may not be connected to Kayma…
The GA also faces more mundane opponents in addition to the Ronains and the Dominants. The Baraki are a less advanced race on their border whose religion calls for honorable death in combat, leading to constant attacks upon the GA. William London controls a monopoly on ship construction in the GA. He is already an economic threat, but little does anyone realize London leads his own conspiracy plotting a violent overthrow of the government. And that’s not even counting the everyday pirates and criminals with Royal powers.
The heroes of the Great Alliance will be hard put to keep the peace against all these foes, even if the apocalypse wasn’t on the horizon…
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