The first in a SF/adventure series that glitters with intrigue. As a 20-year-long plot for revenge comes to fruition, the sons of the ruler of the Thousand Suns are murdered, and he is taken prisoner. But the usurper's vengeance is incomplete. For one son was missing at the ceremony where the fatal blow was struck. And now the hope of the Thousand Suns rests in his hands.

In the sequel to The Phoenix in Flight, Brandon vlith-Arkad, the rightful heir to the Emerald Throne of the Thousand Suns, is the only hope for the restoration of the Phoenix empire. Original.

Brandon vlith-Arkad, heir to the Phoenix Throne, along with the Rifter pirate crew of the Telvarna, seeks a means of rescuing Brandon's father, Gelasaar, who is fighting his own battle with his former fosterling, Anaris. Original.

Inheriting an unexpected duty as ruler of the Arkad Empire, Brandon finds his power threatened by the usurping Jerrod Eusabian, Jerrod's planet-pillaging allies, and a traitor at the hear to his own councils. Original.

The conclusion to the five-volume Exordium series of space adventures features the newly crowned Emperor Brandon hai-Arkad in a battle to reclaim his father's empire, the Thousand Suns, from his enemy. Original.