Anderson Saga of the Seven Suns No.

1 Hidden Empire Journey through a galaxy teeming with life in all its incarnations from merchants politicians and soldiers to green priests who communicate telepathically with a semisentient forest gypsy Roamers who mine the clouds of gas giants for stardrive fuel the alien Ildirans and the insectlike robots that are the only remnants of the vanished Klikiss civilization destroyed by powers that yet lay dormant awaiting the call of those foolish enough to believe they can be tamed.

Using clues found in the ancient ruins of that lost civilisation Margaret and Louis Colicos constructed the Klikiss Torch a device that could transform gas giants into new suns.

But was Mankind wise enough to wield the power of the gods Seeking new planets to colonize human explorers encountered the ageold Ildiran Empire and before long Humanitys youthful energy threatened to overwhelm the stately dance of their new neighbours.

A race long past their prime the Ildirans had recorded their entire history in the evergrowing Saga of Seven Suns named for the stars in their home skies.

But within the Ildirans history were secrets of ancient disasters and conflicts forgotten throughout the galaxy.

After millennia the fire of Humanitys torch would reignite those memories into a conflagration that would threaten to destroy entire galaxies.

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Hidden Empire begins a dazzling space opera fit to stand with the classics of the genre.

It is an epic in the truest sense of the word combining the politics of Frank Herberts Dune the scope of Peter F.

Hamiltons Nights Dawn trilogy and the pageantry and romance of Star Wars.

Saga of the Seven Suns No.

2 Forest of Stars It has been five years since humanitys heady expansion among the stars came to an abrupt and violent halt.

The emergence of the Hydrogues an immensely powerful alien race