THE WAYS OF DARKNESS IBD

Sinopsis

The Shadow Universe Series includes six books: The Ways of Darkness, Running in the Shadows, Dawn of Darkness, Treasures of Darkness, Shadows of the Night, and When Darkness Falls.áThe story begins in the future, 2452.áIt is a fast-paced action-adventure space opera that extends twenty years.áThe story is proper for adults and teenagers.ááThe books do not stand alone, leaving cliffhangers at the end, except for the last, which concludes the story.áAs the story evolves, many characters and stories tie together, each essential to the outcome.áAlthough set in a science fiction background, the saga is about people and family.áAs with most fantasy stories, heroes and villains do extreme things to achieve their goals.áIn addition, the characters experience romance, betrayal, unrequited love, loss, regret, and much more.áFuturistic science fiction allows inspiration and imagination to take us to places we usually do not visit in our daily lives and is often based on two opposing forces, good and evil, represented in this story as the High Lord and Night Lord.áThese two deities have fought since time began, and our universe has become the battleground.ááThey choose champions to represent them within our realm, the High Lord calls Saiphs, and the Night Lord calls Skeans.áThe Night Lord aims to control the cosmos, placing him closer to the High LordâÇÖs dominion.áTo do so, a Skean must bring darkness, allowing the Shadow Universe to take hold, making them stronger.áThe first book talks about a frozen alien planet called Akil on the other side of the Milky Way, where the dying sun forces them to live underground, and a regime on Earth that has bought half of the United States.ááThe Akilians have developed the ability to open portals to distant worlds while searching for another planet.áAfter finding Earth, they work together to save the Akilians from their dying sun and, in the process, set off a chain of events that create a villain, Imperial Majesty Abaddon, who hopes to plunge the galaxy into literal darkness.áAs the Akilians and the Regime collaborate, they discover a species known as the Mar Novians, who also have portal technology, and they create a taskforce called Intransigent that discovers many habited worlds in the galaxy and tries to convince them to help defeat Abaddon and his army.ááSome unite with Intransigent, but will it be enough to stop Abaddon from conquering the galaxy?á