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Starborn Hunger
Paperback
Publisher: Vector Zero Press
Published: Jan 7 2026
Pages: 458
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.93 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The law of the stars is absolute.
Love is the one crime that cannot be forgiven.
High above Earth, hidden in the silence between worlds, an immortal tribunal rules the night. They are not gods. They are something colder, older, and far more dangerous. Bound by ancient laws, the Concord enforces order across the stars, erasing attachments, executing traitors, and preserving a fragile peace that has lasted for centuries.
Adrian Locke is their blade.
An elite enforcer sworn to uphold the covenant at any cost, Adrian has spent lifetimes silencing his past, burying memory, and carrying out executions that stain the cosmos itself. When the Concord speaks, stars bleed, and Adrian never hesitates. Until now.
Because something has awakened.
After a forbidden execution ripples across space, impossible auroras ignite Earth's skies, signaling the return of an ancient force long believed dormant. At the same moment, Mara Collins, a brilliant scientist on a deep-space research vessel, begins detecting a signal that should not exist, a living message hidden inside the fabric of the void itself.
It knows her name.
As disappearances mount and crew members vanish without a trace, Mara uncovers evidence of an intelligence older than humanity, older than the Concord, something that feeds on awareness and fear. A presence that was never meant to wake.
When Adrian is dispatched to investigate the anomaly, his mission is clear: contain the threat, eliminate all witnesses, preserve secrecy. But fate has already crossed his path with Mara's, and their connection violates everything the Concord stands for.
Because she is human.
Because he is immortal.
And because love, once awakened, cannot be erased.
Hunted by rival clans, betrayed by spies, and watched by an entity that listens from beyond reality, Adrian and Mara are pulled into a conflict that could shatter the Concord's rule and expose the hidden war raging above Earth's skies.
As stars burn red and ancient powers stir, one question remains:
What happens when the hunger of the cosmos meets the hunger of the heart?
Starborn Hunger is a dark, atmospheric science fiction novel blending space opera, forbidden romance, and cosmic horror. Perfect for readers who crave immortal anti-heroes, secret societies, slow-burn tension, and high-stakes mysteries written across the stars.
The night is watching.
And it is very, very hungry.
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