Baranak

The long-awaited prequel to LUCIAN: DARK GOD'S HOMECOMING

Volume 2 in the ABOVE series and a part of the vast SHATTERING/LEGIONS saga Cosmic gods are born as alien agendas are revealed, mighty star fleets clash and the galaxy stands on the brink of annihilation This book tells the story of the earliest days of the SHATTERING saga, revealing the age before the gods of the Golden City--and the origins of the mightiest beings in the galaxy. On the very eve of his conquest of the Seven Worlds of Man, an assassin has struck down General Constantine Baranak. Now his son, Gaius, has formed an alliance with a mysterious being who walks between worlds to track down those responsible for the murder. But this enigmatic figure possesses dark secrets no one else knows, and pursues an agenda all his own. When the true threat is at last revealed, the two will have to battle the enemy side by side before the dreams of alien conquerors seeking godhood bring about the destruction of all that is... "Plexico is master of Space Opera." -Pulp Fiction Reviews "If adventure has another name, it must be Van Allen Plexico."

--David Michelinie, writer of the Avengers, Iron Man and Spider-Man The SHATTERING/LEGIONS Saga: LUCIAN: DARK GOD'S HOMECOMING (The Above: 1) BARANAK: STORMING THE GATES (The Above: 2) HAWK: HAND OF THE MACHINE (Shattered Galaxy: 1) LEGION I: LORDS OF FIRE LEGION II: SONS OF TERRA LEGION III: KINGS OF OBLIVION The Legion Chronicles 1: COLD LIGHTNING Learn more about the Shattering/Legions Saga at http: //www.whiterocketbooks.com/shattering