A thrilling new perspective of the world created in the explosive, national bestselling Theirs Not to Reason Why series. Itโs two hundred years earlierโthe age of the First Salik War. And the battle against humanity has been engaged.ย
The VโDan always believed they were the chosen race, destined to make a mark on the galaxy. For the last few centuries, they interacted peacefully with other sentient speciesโsave for the Salik. Cold, amphibious, and vicious, the Salik were set on one goal: to conquer every race within their grasp.
Now that the Salikโs ruthless war has begun, the fate of the galaxy is in the hands of two strange companions: Liโeth, a prince under siege and his rescuer, Jacaranda MacKenzie. A beautiful ambassador from the Motherworld, Jackie possesses more than the holy powers of a goddess. She brings a secret weaponโa strange, wondrous, and dangerous new technology that could be her and Liโethโs last and only hope to save their people from extinction...