{"product_id":"the-draxon-acendancy-w-l-palmer-9798183649079","title":"The Draxon Acendancy: Book 2 of the Pete \u0026 Tom Series","description":"\u003cp\u003ePete Callahan and Tom Baker thought discovering the ancient starship \u003ci\u003eStellar Wanderer\u003c\/i\u003e had changed everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow far from Earth and deep in unknown space, the former Marines and their unlikely crew are following an ancient signal tied to the lost Astraean civilization. AURA, the sentient intelligence of the \u003ci\u003eWanderer\u003c\/i\u003e, carries the memories of a people long gone. Saber, a fierce warrior from the frozen world of Oronus IV, is still learning what it means to belong to a pack that jokes as much as it bleeds. Ka'rel, thoughtful and luminous, searches the dead for meaning. And Pete and Tom do what they have always done best: face impossible odds with stubborn loyalty, bad ideas, and worse coffee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the signal leads them into the shadow of an enemy older and more dangerous than anything they have faced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Draxons are not raiders. They are not conquerors in any simple sense. They are survivors twisted by order, a civilization that turned fear into doctrine and doctrine into annihilation. They do not merely destroy worlds. They erase uncertainty, harvest memory, and dismantle anything that refuses to fit their calculations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the \u003ci\u003eWanderer\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers an ancient station built to preserve a murdered civilization, Pete and Tom are forced into a war they barely understand. Railguns fire across impossible distances. Draxon fleets vanish in silence. Graves are erased. Hidden vaults awaken. And somewhere inside a Draxon dreadnaught, Tom discovers that some weapons were not hidden because they were forgotten, but because the hour worthy of them had not yet come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the Draxon threat grows, another ancient power enters the hunt: the Pendûss'it'En, cold and disciplined hunters who have pursued the Draxons for centuries. Their judgment may save the \u003ci\u003eWanderer\u003c\/i\u003e - or condemn her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough battle, loss, sacrifice, and the fragile humor that keeps fear from winning, the crew of the \u003ci\u003eStellar Wanderer\u003c\/i\u003e begins to understand the true burden of carrying Astraean memory. AURA changes. Tom is marked by what he awakens. Pete is forced to face the cost of never leaving anyone behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd when the fighting finally quiets, one revelation remains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsterra.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA living world from the old Astraean protectorate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA world wounded, unaware, and directly in the path of the Draxons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war is no longer about survival alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is about what must be remembered, what must be protected, and what kind of people Pete, Tom, and the crew of the \u003ci\u003eWanderer\u003c\/i\u003e are becoming between one impossible star and the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. L. Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798183649079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.87d","brand":"W. L. Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097379643647,"sku":"9798183649079","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-draxon-acendancy-w-l-palmer-9798183649079","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}