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Star Sword: Ascendance
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 1 2025
Pages: 444
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Captain Elara Vos has spent her life at war: fighting pirates along the frontier, outmaneuvering Syndicate warlords, and burying more soldiers than she can bear to remember. But when her ship, the Aurora Rex, is sent to investigate an ancient signal pulsing from a dead planet wrapped in nebula storms, she steps into a mystery older and far more dangerous than any enemy she's ever faced.
Deep beneath the ruins, she discovers the impossible: a legendary relic forged by a vanished civilization-the Star Sword. A weapon of limitless energy. A key to the fall of empires. A force that responds to the will of whoever dares touch it.
And it touches her back.
Before Elara can understand its power, a rival she once trusted-now feared across the Outer Rim-strikes without warning. Captain Varek Cain, commander of the infamous warship Nemesis, steals the artifact and unleashes its devastating potential. Entire fleets vanish in bursts of blinding light. Civilian convoys crumble into dust. And every assault draws Cain one step closer to unlocking the Sword's true purpose-something the ancients sealed away for a reason.
Blamed for the disaster and haunted by the artifact's echo in her mind, Elara must lead her crippled ship into the dark beyond the mapped stars. Her surviving crew is fractured, her allies scarce, and her own instincts increasingly shaped by the Sword's whisper in her blood. But she knows one thing:
If Cain unlocks the full power of the Star Sword, the galaxy will burn.
To stop him, Elara must face a weapon that chooses its own destiny-and decide whether she is meant to wield it or destroy it.
But the Sword's hunger is growing.
And it may not want either of them to survive.
Perfect for fans of Star Wars, Mass Effect, Dune, The Mandalorian, and ancient-technology sci-fi epics, Star Sword: Ascendance delivers:
- High-stakes starship combat
- Ancient ruins and long-buried alien secrets
- A morally complex heroine fighting fate
- A terrifying rival with nothing left to lose
- Cinematic worldbuilding and relentless tension
- A mysterious artifact that blurs the line between power and corruption
The war for the galaxy's future has begun.
And its first battle will be fought in the shadows of the past.
Prepare for a pulse-pounding sci-fi adventure filled with danger, betrayal, and a destiny written in the stars.
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