Author’s Note:

  This episode is published here up to the 75% mark.

  The remaining chapters—including the climax and aftermath—are avaible in the complete episode on Amazon.

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  Empire of Stars is a sweeping space-opera epic that follows former soldier and disgraced movie star John Drayton after humanity’s first contact with an ancient alien gateway—the Meridian Gate—catapults Earth into a brutal interstelr war. Elevated to the role of Arbiter, John commands the warship Hemingway as he navigates gaxy-spanning politics, devastating battles, and the terrifying emergence of the Hyperions: godlike beings who manipute entire species as weapons. As worlds fall, secrets surface, and the line between heroism and exploitation blurs, John must reconcile his past, his hunger for meaning, and the crushing cost of leadership while racing to stop a calcuted extinction that has been centuries in the making.