For almost a hundred years, Hadrian Marlowe has served the Empire in its war against the Cielcin, a vicious alien race bent on humanity\'s destruction.
But the keys to the only place in the universe where Hadrian might find the answers he seeks lie in the hands of the Emperor himself.....
He did return.
Hadrian did defy death.
And above it all, there is the mystery of the Quiet.
Caught in the middle, Hadrian must contend with enemies before him--and behind.
Hadrian\'s rise to prominence proves dangerous to himself and his team, as pressures within the Imperial government distrust or resent his new influence.
Men call him Halfmortal.
To make matters worse, a cult of personality has formed around Hadrian, spurred on by legends of his having defied death itself.
It does not raid borderworld territories, preferring precise, strategic attacks on the humans\' Empire.
This one is not like the others.
Rumors of a new king amongst the Cielcin have reached the Imperial throne.
For almost a hundred years, Hadrian Marlowe has served the Empire in its war against the Cielcin, a vicious alien race bent on humanity\'s destruction
