If you had to fix the past, could you change the outcome and outrun your destiny? Or is fate preordained? Sam Baird is lost. She isn't sure if she is experiencing a bout of amnesia or slipping into the depths of madness. She finds herself at a lake's edge, beside a man she has never met but who seem
Fractured Void: A Twilight Imperium Novel
β Scribed by Tim Pratt
- Book ID
- 100669852
- Publisher
- Aconyte; Asmodee Editions
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 362 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Asmodee Editions 2020.
- ISBN
- 1839080477
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A brave starship crew are drawn into the schemes of interplanetary powers competing for galactic domination, in this epic space opera from the best-selling strategic boardgame, Twilight Imperium
Captain Felix Duval and the crew of the Temerarious quietly patrol a remote Mentak Coalition colony system where nothing ever happens. But when they answer a distress call from a moon under attacked, that peaceful existence is torn apart. They rescue a scientist, Thales, who's developing revolutionary technology to create new wormholes. He just needs a few things to make it fully operational... and now, ordered to aid the scientist, the Temerarious is targeted by two rival black-ops teams intent on reacquiring Thales. Can Felix trust Thales? Or is this a conspiracy to tip the balance of power in the galaxy forever?
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