“Come find what you have lost...” Heeding this cryptic message from deep space, the crew of the starship Restoration journeys from Earth to a distant planet, hoping to find humanity’s lost genetic diversity. But with the human race on the verge of extinction from the twin horrors of plague and a mysterious scourge of dark matter, how can an alien world harbor any remedies for Earth’s declining populations? Worse, the Restoration arrives depleted: its captain is dead, its crew demoralized—except for an indomitable old woman whose power and wealth give her the privilege of naming the new captain. Anton Prados, a young, untested officer, will now preside over humanity’s first contact with an alien race. An alien race that, improbably, looks exactly like humans. Only, the Dassa possess highly unusual breeding habits—and a reproductive process that seems to be the nullification of all that is human. And they think much the same about humanity…
Author
Kay Kenyon is the author of eighteen fantasy and science fiction novels. Her work has been shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and the American Library Association Reading List award. Her newest fantasy series is The Arisen Worlds quartet. "A story of powers and magic on a grand scale. This will be a series to treasure.” —Louisa Morgan, author of The Great Witch of Brittany. Latest in the series is Book 2, Stranger in the Twisted Realm. Book 1, The Girl Who Fell Into Myth is on sale. Book 3 Servant of the Lost Power is on pre-order for a February 20, 2024 release. Book 4, coming soon, is entitled Keeper of the Mythos Gate. Her series, The Dark Talents novels, has been optioned for film. The trilogy begins with At the Table of Wolves. Other fantasy novels include Queen of the Deep and A Thousand Perfect Things. Connect with her at http://www.kaykenyon.com. She lives in beautiful eastern Washington State in the foothills of the Cascades.
