The Vanity of Hope (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781067147105)

Alice Holt Forest, 1499.

Thomas Ryder and his fiancée Sarra Chambers are abducted by alien pirates but separated before they reach the planet Heyre-a world where genetic engineering surpasses evolution, and godlike artificial intelligence lords over truth and illusion. Nothing is as it seems.

Tom begins training to become a warrior-king to fight in the final stand of a galactic war against an undefeated destroyer of worlds. Sarra vanishes into the labyrinth of the Federation military, her fate unknown.

In worlds where technology promises knowledge without limit, dominion without consequence, and life without end, Tom risks everything for another chance to be with Sarra-only to discover that his greatest need and power remain beyond reach: the light within cannot be coded.

Feted as a savior-king, yet inferior to all around him, Tom's mysterious bond with a supernatural creature points to his place at the heart of a war older than the stars.

Book 1 in the APOSTLE series, a 500-year odyssey of the heart, mind, and soul, spanning seven worlds and the eternal conflict between Light and Dark.