The Dark Age: The Rise of the Ghosts

Prologue

Humans are cunning, intelligent, greedy, meticulous, cowardly, cold-blooded, creative, and even more capable of destruction.

Over the long course of history, humanity has continually expanded since its birth, from a single continent to multiple star systems. It has endured wars, the integration of nations and races, and the merging of star systems. In the vast universe, humanity is not alone. There are far too many intelligent species capable of giving rise to life.

The prolonged civil war consumed too much manpower and material wealth, and many mad leaders rose to power. It was only when one of them actually ordered the destruction of an entire star system that humanity finally began to ease up a little. The war had shrunk the government's sphere of influence to the extreme. Even the more remote star systems were no more than nominally governed lawless zones, and even nearby systems rarely carried out the orders they received.

The various star systems sent representatives to form the largest organization to date, the Star System Alliance. They called this era the Dark Age. On the surface, they were united...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.