Awakening

Prince Regilius awakens to visions of murder, certain his life is in danger. He is pursued by the Dalthin, a predatory alien species who control worlds telepathically, now waiting for more of their kind to arrive, and by his mother, who has murdered his father and seeks to eliminate her remaining obstacle to the throne. While Regilius and his friends escape by ship, the royal nanny carries his tiny sister from the palace carnage, seeking sanctuary from a legendary outlaw. As the land descends into chaos, the queen's search escalates and the princess disappears. Regilius dispatches friends on missions to enlist allies for the one lord who stands against the queen. As these missions succeed, armies clash and the outlaw enters the palace as an assassin. Amid all this, Regilius and Lith-An reunite. Engineered in their infancy to combat the Dalthin threat, they have become great mental powers. Are their newfound abilities enough to overcome the Dalthin and their mother's treachery?