"Prelude to Sorrow," wherein the bitter end determines how all will begin again. Fight or Die -- again! The task force dispatched to eradicate the Horde menace on far Exordium has failed, and for those left alive, that axiom rings true as never before. Marooned out of time and out of place, survivors lick their wounds and struggle to recover while the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance. But fate is not yet finished with the Ninth . . . Defenders of humanity mount a last-ditch attempt to end the enemy onslaught once and for all.Will the IX and its allies vanquish their foe, or will their heroic resistance end in defeat? Prelude to Sorrow is the conclusive volume the bestselling "The IX" Trilogy