- There
- comes
- a
- point,
- inevitably,
- when
- a
- civilization
- must
- mature.
- For
- Thalea,
- that
- was
- its
- first
- interaction
- with
- another
- species,
- mistakes,
- and
- centuries
- of
- war.
- For
- Brax
- a
- Thalean
- who
- lives
- centuries
- after
- this
- history,
- his
- own
- growing
- up
- becomes
- encumbered
- by
- the
- weight
- of
- the
- history
- of
- those
- mistakes.
- Despite
- his
- surviving
- the
- greatest
- calamity
- his
- civilization
- has
- ever
- seen,
- the
- trauma
- of
- it
- pulls
- him
- into
- a
- world
- of
- secrets
- and
- power.The
- Cooperative,
- a
- political
- and
- economic
- alliance
- of
- 5
- worlds
- and
- their
- colonies,
- seems
- to
- be
- in
- its
- height
- of
- peace
- and
- prosperity
- after
- 14
- centuries
- of
- peace.
- But
- it
- is
- an
- illusion,
- hidden
- by
- efforts
- of
- men
- and
- women---if
- you
- can
- call
- them
- that
- anymore--who
- are
- burdened
- with
- a
- kind
- of
- power
- that
- few
- without
- it
- could
- hope
- to
- understand.What
- mistakes
- has
- history,
- culture,
- and
- secrets
- wrought?
- What
- can
- a
- traumatized
- boy,
- who
- becomes
- a
- man
- in
- the
- gauntlet
- of
- such
- history,
- do
- about
- it?
- Who
- and
- what
- are
- the
- Protectorate,
- and
- what
- is
- the
- source,
- and
- consequence,
- of
- their power?
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