Advance and Retreat

Clan Piras has landed on enemy-occupied Jedver to enact a daring rescue of the Galactic Council's leader. The foursome of Piras, Hope, Lokmi, and Kila have no backup, no allies except those who can be bought, and almost no chance of success. Is this finally the end for the Kalquorian Empire's celebrated spies?

There may be no escape from the All's extermination plans for the dimension. Emperor Clajak has one last card up his sleeve, however: a band of misfit renegade Kalquorians called the Coydidak. Only with their help and an impossible mission to beyond the known reaches of the universe can Kalquor hope to preserve life.

A determined engineer is at the top of the list of Coydidak leader Dramok Rorix's least favorite humans. She'll stop at nothing to board his ship for a one-way voyage that's to last a lifetime. Is ultimate freedom from the empire worth dealing with the beautiful but unrelenting Laughter Lorenz?

As the clock ticks to the end of Dr. Cassidy Hamilton's pregnancy and potentially life in the dimension, she works feverishly to find a way to destroy the All. A visit from an undiscovered entity brings to light her greatest hope and worst fear. Only time will tell if this new being is friend or foe…but Cassidy's time and that of her soon-to-be-born child is almost up.

Adventure. Danger. Intrigue. Romance that outburns the sun in any galaxy. It's all here in the sixth installment of the Dark Empire series.