The Reality Dysfunction

In the year 2600, humanity thrives, spread across hundreds of colonized worlds in a golden age of prosperity and advanced genetic engineering. The Confederation Navy maintains peace across a vast galactic empire, supported by sentient starships and diverse cultures. However, this seemingly utopian existence is shattered when, on a remote, primitive colony planet, a criminal's accidental encounter awakens an ancient, malevolent entity. This entity, once known to an extinct alien race as "The Reality Dysfunction," has the terrifying ability to possess and reanimate the dead, turning them into ruthless, soulless beings. As this horrific plague begins to spread, threatening to consume all life in the galaxy, the Confederation finds itself confronting a nightmare beyond conventional understanding. The book masterfully weaves together multiple sprawling storylines and a vast cast of characters, charting humanity's desperate struggle against an existential threat that challenges the very nature of life and death.