Long ago at the far edges of the universe a special type of radiation called Ikon Tuaro made melanin power. For thousands of years it flourished, until in a time of great darkness it was nearly wiped out. For hundreds of years, it lay on the brink of extinction until the arrival of refugees from a world broken by greed and climate change in A Constellation of Fates ! Hail Siege and the other Veterans have spent the better part of a decade surviving on Earth. After years of radio silence, they were resigned to dying with their collapsing planet. But when a shadowy corporation comes to the rescue, their journey will shape the destiny of humanity forever! Inspired by Dune and games like Mass Effect , A Constellation of Fates is a space opera with the soul of an epic fantasy! Vibes like Legendborn meet Star Wars as the author of The Vanguard Series Chase Bolling blends a cocktail of cyberpunk and dystopian vibes with romance, magical realism, and epic adventure! The effect is a sci-fi thriller that whisks readers on an epic ride from the ash strewn wastes of a ruined Earth to the star shot throne halls of interplanetary empires redolent with Afrofuturism, science fantasy, and diverse representation!