A War of Small Worlds (The Lantern Fleet)

When the dark arrives, every world must answer.

The Mosaic Reach is about to learn how small a war can truly be. A cluster of squabbling colonies, too busy fighting amongst themselves, they are blindsided when an unknown armada breaches their defenses, seizing vital systems. Speaker Sabine Odede, accustomed to petty political battles, suddenly faces an enemy beyond anything she could have imagined.

But the invaders aren’t what they seem. They are the Farline Fleet, hundreds of thousands strong, descendants of lost human colonies fleeing a cosmic ecological disaster known only as the Nightshoal. This energy-draining migration threatens to consume the Reach next, forcing Sabine and her reluctant allies into an impossible choice.

Defend themselves against desperate refugees? Sacrifice their own worlds to save them? Or find a way to save everyone, even as sabotage, ancient grudges, and the relentless Nightshoal tear at their fragile alliance?

The survival of the Reach, and the future of a lost civilization, hinges on whether these small worlds can finally overcome their differences and forge a single, unbreakable strength. Can they turn vulnerability into their greatest weapon before everything is consumed?