Blue Guardian
by S.J. Madill
It's been forty years since the end of the war. Despite struggling with millions of refugees, humanity looks to the future. Their uneasy allies — the Palani — look to the past, and remember the vast empire they once ruled.
New Fraser is a human colony deep in Palani space. Once a thriving Palani world, it's now an empty ruin, given to the humans to establish a settlement. The new colonists are wary of their alien hosts, even as they try to build a new life.
Zura Varta is a living legend among the Palani. For eight hundred years, Mahasa (General) Varta led the forces of the Palani empire. She's fought countless battles, and gained a reputation for ruthlessness. But now the war is over, and the old warrior struggles to cope with a 'peaceful' galaxy that no longer needs her.
Living in the debris of the past, the humans and the Palani struggle to create their futures amid the barren lawlessness of the frontier. And on New Fraser, the colonists are about to meet their new governor…
New Fraser is a human colony deep in Palani space. Once a thriving Palani world, it's now an empty ruin, given to the humans to establish a settlement. The new colonists are wary of their alien hosts, even as they try to build a new life.
Zura Varta is a living legend among the Palani. For eight hundred years, Mahasa (General) Varta led the forces of the Palani empire. She's fought countless battles, and gained a reputation for ruthlessness. But now the war is over, and the old warrior struggles to cope with a 'peaceful' galaxy that no longer needs her.
Living in the debris of the past, the humans and the Palani struggle to create their futures amid the barren lawlessness of the frontier. And on New Fraser, the colonists are about to meet their new governor…
