Metal on Flesh Book One: Forged Paths [Sci-Fant Space Opera]

The Imperium continues its Expanse. With every conquered world, Emperor Raptious tightens his grip on the galaxy. His Syn enforcers scour the stars, hunting the last surviving Thalan, the mythical beings whose Sap once shaped the stars. But the Thalan are not yet extinct. When the Imperium invades his world, a slave pit fighter is torn from everything he knows and forced to confront a truth he never wanted: survival demands a price. A princess born to rule discovers her crown is a cage, while her father’s ghosts may doom her fragile ambitions before she can rise. And within the Imperium itself, two of its most powerful Syns believe it stands for different reasons. One sees it as the path to ultimate power. The other questions what that power will cost her. As rebellion ignites and loyalties shatter, the galaxy faces a brutal truth: To survive, something must be sacrificed.