Ten years after leading a revolution and founding a new Republic, Darrow, once the celebrated hero, finds himself an outlaw. With half his fleet destroyed, he wages a desperate, rogue war on Mercury against overwhelming odds. Stripped of his formal command and battling former allies, Darrow grapples with the burden of his past actions and the question of whether he remains the savior who broke the chains or has become an agent of destruction. Meanwhile, Lysander au Lune, the displaced heir to the Gold empire, has returned to the Core. He navigates a treacherous landscape of Gold backstabbing and seeks to confront Darrow, believing he can bring peace through conquest. On Luna, Virginia au Augustus, the embattled Sovereign of the Republic, fights to preserve democracy and protect her exiled husband millions of kilometers away. As the Solar System descends into a new era of conflict and betrayal, the line between hero and villain blurs, and the very foundations of civilization threaten to crumble into a new Dark Age.
Critical Reception
"Praised for its unflinching brutality, intricate plotting, and profound character development, "Dark Age" stands as a monumental and often devastating entry in contemporary epic science fiction."