Frontier Black

How do you steal a star without breaking a thing?

On the fringes of the Xylarian Empire, border colonies are going dark one by one. There are no signs of battle. Beds are made, belongings are untouched, but the people are gone. And the priceless Lemurian energy cores that power these worlds—miniature captive stars—are being dismantled with the cold precision of a surgeon.

Ve'san is a faceless operative for the Crown. No family, no rank, no official record. Armed with nothing but a secret verbal order from the Emperor, he tracks a phantom thief through the freezing void of the Belt. A thief who knows the imperial bureaucracy better than the bureaucrats themselves.

Meanwhile, on Earth, a desperate deal is struck. To preserve a fragile truce, Commander Talia Grass dispatches one of humanity's last cores to the Empire. Cassian Gray must escort the cargo through hostile space, unaware that his payload is coveted by a force far older and deadlier than the two warring worlds.

As Ve'san chases shadows and spies infiltrate the Imperial Court, a terrifying truth comes to light: the peace is an illusion. An ancient enemy has awakened.

And it has come to collect what was stolen.

Who is harvesting the stars? And why is everyone afraid to ask?

Frontier Black is the fifth installment in the epic Blood and Stardust sci-fi series. Dive into a gritty, tactical space thriller where bureaucracy kills quieter than a blaster, and survival demands more than just courage—it requires sacrifice.