Colossus Rising

<p><b>In this thrilling dystopian space-opera escapees flee a ravaged Earth--but what's more dangerous: the wasteland of their past or the one that lies ahead?</b></p><p>Having obliterated entire civilizations the Torth Majority is now threatening humanity itself. Barreling through deep space--and hunted every dark mile by armadas saboteurs and kamikaze armies--the passengers of a refugee streamship must outrun everything they left behind if they hope to stay alive.</p><p>Instilled with illegal superpowers Ariock is a literal giant among gladiators. It's in his blood: his legendary great-grandfather outwitted the Torth and Ariock himself dared to betray them. Thomas on the other hand is a supergenius. Sure he's physically disadvantaged but his mind is a brainwashing telepathic terrifying wonder to behold. What he's done to outlast the abuses of his youth is something of a mystery . . . and possibly malevolent. Not even Vy his caretaker and foster sister knows all of Thomas's secrets.</p><p>What all three share is a fear of the unknown. Their ship on the last dregs of fuel they crash-land on a distant planet still under the toxic storm-filled fallout of an ancient nuclear war. Turns out this hell-scape is the ancestral homeworld of the Torth. And while that savage empire couldn't withstand this poisoned sludge of a planet it doesn't mean they're not still guarding it.</p><p>On a predatory world of mutant monstrosities and relentless galactic enemies Thomas foresees nothing but death and defeat. But it's do-or-die for Ariock and the streamship exiles who are fighting to survive--and somehow find light in a dead city of eternal night.</p><p><b>The second volume of the hit sci-fi fantasy series--with more than 750000 views on Royal Road-- now available in paperback ebook and audiobook!</b></p>