Aurora Ascending: Armageddon is only the beginning. (New Terrans Series Book 1)

The origin story and the first volume of the epic New Terrans series!Fans of Asimov, Niven, Heinlein, Asimov, and Corey - It’s time to discover Ideue! Experience the saga of humanity as it is thrust into a galaxy filled with technologies, wonders, and danger. An adventure so vast—first contact, occupation, resistance, and Earth’s demise is only the 150-page prelude!“This swift, swaggering space-opera debut follows the rousing ending, coming some 400 pages after Earth’s destruction, finds what’s left of humanity facing a much wider universe, sure to be explored in later books of the promising ‘New Terran’ series.” —Publishers Weekly BookLife.“In the 26th century, humanity has only just started colonizing space when they make contact with representatives of the alien Aetherian Empire, who look human. Their princess, Ember Peregrine, invites Earth into their protectorate, despite humankind’s relative immaturity. Then, shockingly, Ember is assassinated, apparently by someone from Earth. The enraged Aetherians launch an invasion, and when humans fight back, the aliens’ wrath only increases. A small fraction of Earth’s population evacuates and becomes refugees. Among them is Elliot Greyjoy, “the most highly decorated officer in the United Terran Federation,” who has some influence with the Aetherians because he briefly became Ember’s liaison and consort; officially, his job is to chase human fugitives in an Aetherian ship. Secretly, though, Greyjoy plans revenge, and he connects with escaped members of the Terran military to begin building a fleet to attack the fortress-like Aetherian home world. Greyjoy’s key asset (and new lover) is Earth survivor Aurora Rickon, a clerical worker who uncannily looks like Ember; meanwhile, readers get an early tip that Ember’s death was not Earth’s fault, but an inside job. Multiple first-person perspectives—including that of space marine Willa Carlyle, who’s infatuated with Greyjoy—alternate to tell the story in this initial volume of Ideue’s New Terrans space-opera series… the plot—which moves briskly, despite its length of nearly 500 pages—deftly bounds from military SF to melodramatic palace intrigue to gruesomely detailed mass-destruction and social upheaval. Ideue’s fondness for vintage SF effectively generates a convention-ful of references that call to mind Babylon 5, assorted Star Trek shows, the SF novels of James P. Hogan and H.G. Wells, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s work, among other tales...” —Kirkus Reviews.Join Elliot and his crew as they gather a force for the greatest battle of all time: an assault on the impregnable defenses surrounding Aether. This is the origin story of the New Terrans Series, a six-volume space opera of epic proportions. If you enjoy action, detailed space battles, fleet engagements, ship-to-ship combat, and romance, you’ll love this series.Elliot’s passion for 20th-century science fiction adds a unique dimension as he is called upon to name alien technologies, reminiscent of a blend between Star Wars: A New Hope and Ready Player One. This tale evokes the legendary old space operas, featuring incorruptible heroes and unspeakably evil villains.First contact, planetary occupation, and evacuation are just the initial challenges he must face before his quest truly begins. Armageddon is only the start of the adventure.“A vigorous outer-space saga of grand-scale strategy, catastrophe, combat, and romance.” —Kirkus ReviewsTakeaway: With the help of the stolen Aetherian ship and a smartass AI, Aurora and Elliot set out to stop the Aetherian Emperor’s plans of galactic domination and avenge the destruction of his homeworld. Discover the story in Aurora Ascending, a thrilling science fiction military space opera and the origin tale of the New Terrans series. Read more