Gauntlet Wars

Book 1: Gauntlet Wars

by Aer-ki Jyr

Genres: Space Marines; Space Opera

Synopsis

The reward for success...total annihilation.

The Empire is vast, dominating 3/4ths of the Milky Way and soon to control the rest, with its sights beginning to look towards other galaxies. The collaboration of semi-immortal warlords that took Earth from a single planet civilization and grew it into the behemoth it is now have passed their tests, overcome their weaknesses, and created a civilization that is the shining beacon that protects and uplifts their neighbors.

They did it right. No backstabbing, no power grabbing, no evil. You would think the universe would welcome such success...but the truth is far from welcoming, as one of those warlords is about to discover in an archeological find hidden inside a gas giant.

The Empire is not the first to achieve this success. There has been a series of superior civilizations throughout history that rose to great heights, then fell suddenly...but they were smart enough to leave behind notes. All of them did, each building on the last to warn those in the future, hoping that the next to rise would be able to find a way to survive what killed them.

The universe is on a cycle. And that cycles brings out evil civilizations that lie in wait with but one purpose...to take down any who rise far enough to threaten the perpetual war and carnage that the universe seems to prefer. Peace and stability are forbidden, and any civilization that rises far enough to disrupt the Natural Order and attract the universe's attention is targeted with a gauntlet of invasions from distant galaxies.

Survive one and you face another...and another...and another...until eventually one takes you out. Then the invaders cleanse your galaxy of all traces of your civilization and leave, returning to their distant lairs as the Natural Order returns and people start killing each other over scraps of food, just trying to survive out the day.

Now the Paragon warlords will face the same gauntlet as the others, with the fate of the Milky Way tied to how long they can protect it before the inevitable dark ages return.

Unless they can find a way to defy the universe itself...

 

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Release date: May 18, 2022

Publisher: Archon Lore

Print pages: 354

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The reward for success...total annihilation.

The Empire is vast, dominating 3/4ths of the Milky Way and soon to control the rest, with its sights beginning to look towards other galaxies. The collaboration of semi-immortal warlords that took Earth from a single planet civilization and grew it into the behemoth it is now have passed their tests, overcome their weaknesses, and created a civilization that is the shining beacon that protects and uplifts their neighbors.

They did it right. No backstabbing, no power grabbing, no evil. You would think the universe would welcome such success...but the truth is far from welcoming, as one of those warlords is about to discover in an archeological find hidden inside a gas giant.

The Empire is not the first to achieve this success. There has been a series of superior civilizations throughout history that rose to great heights, then fell suddenly...but they were smart enough to leave behind notes. All of them did, each building on the last to warn those in the future, hoping that the next to rise would be able to find a way to survive what killed them.

The universe is on a cycle. And that cycles brings out evil civilizations that lie in wait with but one purpose...to take down any who rise far enough to threaten the perpetual war and carnage that the universe seems to prefer. Peace and stability are forbidden, and any civilization that rises far enough to disrupt the Natural Order and attract the universe's attention is targeted with a gauntlet of invasions from distant galaxies.

Survive one and you face another...and another...and another...until eventually one takes you out. Then the invaders cleanse your galaxy of all traces of your civilization and leave, returning to their distant lairs as the natural order returns and people start killing each other over scraps of food, just trying to survive out the day.

Now the Paragon Warlords will face the same gauntlet as the others, with the fate of the Milky Way tied to how long they can protect it before the inevitable dark ages return.

Unless they can find a way to defy the universe itself.