Continuum: Riven Worlds Book One

G. S. Jennsen

Jan 2020 · Amaranthe Book 14 · Hypernova Publishing

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Humanity has seized its destiny among the stars. But space remains vast and untamed, and nothing has prepared us to face the dangers rising from the deep shadows of the void.

Fourteen years after The Displacement flung humanity into a universe teeming with alien life, a tenuous alliance has taken root among humans, Anadens, and numerous other species. The wounds of war and revolution have begun to heal, peace and prosperity are within reach, and the architects of The Displacement, Alex Solovy and Caleb Marano, are enjoying an idyllic existence on the living planet of Akeso.

But growing troubles fester beneath the surface of this alliance. An upstart species offers allegiance with one hand but readies weapons of mass destruction with the other, while the Anadens, leaderless and adrift for years, increasingly refuse to play by humanity’s rules.

As tensions simmer, Nika Kirumase, leader of the Asterions—a splinter group of former Anadens thought aeons dead—arrives bearing a warning of a terrifying enemy advancing across the void. Known as the Rasu, the powerful race of shapeshifting metal has already killed tens of thousands of Asterions in its quest to control all of known space.

Nika’s people have struck a blow against the Rasu, and now they race against time to prepare for the coming reprisal. An alliance with humanity stands to give them a fighting chance against their enemy. But for humanity, such an alliance may cost them everything, pushing the fragile peace they fought so hard to achieve to the breaking point and beyond.

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In Amaranthe, where exotic alien life, AIs, wormholes, indestructible starships and the promise of immortality rule the day, no feat seems out of reach for humanity. But when the worlds of Aurora Rhapsody and Asterion Noir collide and the Rasu horde descends upon them both, more will be asked of heroes past and future. More will be given and more taken, and when the dust settles the very fabric of Amaranthe will be changed forever.

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AMARANTHE UNIVERSE:

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~ AURORA RHAPSODY ~ (should be read in order)

AURORA RISING TRILOGY

#1: STARSHINE (Aurora Rising Book One)

#2: VERTIGO (Aurora Rising Book Two)

#3: TRANSCENDENCE (Aurora Rising Book Three)

AURORA RENEGADES TRILOGY

#4: SIDESPACE (Aurora Renegades Book One)

#5: DISSONANCE (Aurora Renegades Book Two)

#6: ABYSM (Aurora Renegades Book Three)

AURORA RESONANT TRILOGY

#7: RELATIVITY (Aurora Resonant Book One)

#8: RUBICON (Aurora Resonant Book Two)

#9: REQUIEM (Aurora Resonant Book Three)

#10: SHORT STORIES OF AURORA RHAPSODY (can be read at any time)

~ ASTERION NOIR TRILOGY ~ (a new entry point for the series - can be read before Aurora Rhapsody)

#11: EXIN EX MACHINA (Asterion Noir Book 1)

#12: OF A DARKER VOID (Asterion Noir Book 2)

#13: THE STARS LIKE GODS (Asterion Noir Book 3)

~ RIVEN WORLDS ~ (should be read after Aurora Rhapsody and Asterion Noir)

#14: CONTINUUM (Riven Worlds Book One)

#15: INVERSION (Riven Worlds Book Two)

#16: ECHO RIFT (Riven Worlds Book Three)

#17: ALL OUR TOMORROWS (Riven Worlds Book Four)

#18: CHAOTICA (Riven Worlds Book Five)

#19: DUALITY (Riven Worlds Book Six)

~ COSMIC SHORES ~ (a new entry point for the series - each book can be read at any time and without reading any of the other books)

#20: MEDUSA FALLING (A Cosmic Shores Novel)

#21: THE THIEF (A Cosmic Shores Novel)

Ratings and reviews

great series !! can't wait for the next installment

Amazing and never ending wonder

About the author

G. S. JENNSEN lives somewhere in the U.S., in a locale that may or may not be where she lived the last time she published a book (she’s a gypsy at heart), with her husband and two dogs. She has become an internationally bestselling author since her first novel, Starshine, was published in 2014. She has chosen to continue writing under an independent publishing model to ensure the integrity of her stories and her ability to execute on the vision she has for their telling.

While she has been a lawyer, a software engineer and an editor, she’s found the life of a full-time author preferable by several orders of magnitude. When she isn’t writing, she’s gaming or working out or getting lost in the mountains that loom large outside the windows in her home. Or she’s dealing with a flooded basement, or standing in a line at Walmart reading the tabloid headlines and wondering who all of those people are. Or sitting on her back porch with a glass of wine, looking up at the stars, trying to figure out what could be up there.