Star Omen: the Awakening of the Empire's Chief Archaeologist

Between the cold stardust and the fiery flames of war, she could see the shattering of the next second. Lin Wei, the empire's chief star archaeologist, accidentally awakened a strange crystal cluster containing the "entropic time shadow" while excavating the ruins of an annihilated ancient civilization. It gave her the ability to foresee fragments of the future, but it also eroded her perception of reality like maggots on her tarsus. A crucial premonition forced her to rescue the rebel commander Lu Jin - a priceless "ghost" on the Empire's wanted list - from the crashed wreckage of an imperial warship. This fatal kindness instantly threw her from the academic ivory tower into the center of the vortex where the Empire and the Free Star Alliance were strangled. The Empire views her as a weapon out of control, and the rebels covet her power to discern destiny. And the whisper of the crystal cluster is leading her to the truth about her father's mysterious death, a shocking secret that can tear apart the order of the galaxy. Walking on the blade of loyalty and betrayal, precognition and chaos, Lin Wei must harness this ominous gift. Every fragment of the future she sees is rewriting the trajectory of reality. When the omens of the starry sky point to an entropic collapse sweeping the entire galaxy, can she find the only unforeseen answer before time completely collapses?