The Iether Continuum: Volume 1: Hope

By D. Art and Kay McKinney

The legends of the mighty iether touched seven are still told across the empire and beyond, even five centuries after their heroic deeds spared humanity from its oldest enemy, the darkness. The power of the iether, the very fabric and essence of the universe, gifted to them by the Creator, saved the world long ago, and these famed warriors united the scattered human tribes into a single nation. Driven by the development of iether-based machinery and the runic system of iether control, the empire thrives—at least on the surface.

The secret seventh order of the military exists to weasel out corruption under the auspices of the imperial government. But when one of the order’s agents, a young man named Wess Anthry, takes on a mission that leads him to a most unusual prisoner, he begins to uncover the depth of a treacherous deception that threatens all he knows. Who is this girl with the intricate iether markings on her arm? And how can she possibly help them?