"Novel of the Year" Finalist in both the Pulp Factory Awards & New Pulp Awards! Volume 1 in THE SHATTERING Space Opera / Military SF series, in the spirit of Warhammer 40,000 and the Horus Heresy. Stripped of his authority by the Emperor of Mankind and assigned to duty in deepest space for failing to prevent the greatest robbery in history, Ezekial Tamerlane believes his career as a soldier is over. But strange forces are at work, urging the Emperor to set out on a journey fraught with dangers into a nightmare realm a universe away from our own; and Tamerlane, like it or not, is going along for the ride. What he and his high-tech super-soldiers find along the way will shake the Empire to its very foundations, and unleash a crisis of galactic proportions that not all the armies in creation can hold back... Beginning a new Military SF/Space Opera adventure from Van Allen Plexico: THE SHATTERING! The galactic crisis that led to the shattering of the galaxy and the rise of HAWK and the Hands of the Machine is revealed at last! CRITICAL PRAISE: "Plexico is the master of space opera." --Pulp Fiction Reviews. "Intrigue, betrayal, and plenty of action and adventure!" --Doug Dandridge, author of the Exodus: Empires at War series. "A Great Book! Easily Five Stars!" --Ralph Angelo, Jr., author of The Cagliostro Chronicles. THE SHATTERING/LEGIONS SERIES: Legion I: Lords of Fire Legion II: Sons of Terra Legion III: Kings of Oblivion and Cold Lightning (The Legion Chronicles: 1) also in the same universe: LUCIAN: Dark God's Homecoming BARANAK: Storming the Gates HAWK: Hand of the Machine (Shattered Galaxy: 1) Learn more about the Shattering/Legions universe at http: //www.whiterocketbooks.com/shattering