For as long as anyone can remember, the Darkstar Anomaly has been nothing more than an empty void – a hole in the universe. Now it has come to life in a display of shocking violence that leaves one Commonwealth warship destroyed and two more missing.

After surviving the attack, Commander Alana Harrison is reassigned to HMS Charlotte, an experimental ship with the mission to track the Darkstar beyond the borders of Commonwealth space and into the ancient Terran Imperium.

Jess Callohan, a lieutenant still struggling with the aftermath of a training accident, and Michael Dannage, a stranger found almost out of air in an Imperial escape pod, who clearly knows more than he’s willing to say, Join Harrison
With time running out and answers in short supply, they chase the Darkstar through the heart of the Terran Imperium and beyond – to the very beginnings of life in this galaxy and perhaps its biggest mistake.

But that which was once done cannot be so easily undone.