I Dream of Damastion

<p><strong>He wanted to avoid the spreading war. Far far away was just not far enough.</strong></p><p>Introverted scientist Rex Bel-Kenita is on his way home. Snatched from the chaos unfolding on Kementhast Prime's southern continent he has been asked by the Imperial Navy to fix a mysterious navigation issue affecting their entire armada. In return they will grant him safe passage to his family home on Damastion.<br><br>But someone else has a keen interest in the workings of the prototype star cruiser <em>Ardent</em> someone who will stop at nothing to possess not only the ship itself but everyone aboard. For Rex what should have been an uneventful voyage home is about to become a nightmare from which there may be no escape.<br><br><br><em>I Dream of Damastion</em> is a standalone novella which takes place during the closing events of <em>The Ravening Deep</em> the third main sequence Armada Wars novel and the opening of <em>From Shattered Stars</em> the fourth novel. Introducing new characters and a new ship this novella expands the background events of <em>The Ravening Deep</em> by exploring two of the mysteries which arise within that volume.<br><br><em>I Dream of Damastion</em> serves as both a taster for those who have not yet ventured into the Armadaverse and as a supplementary tale for those who have. The novella can be understood without knowledge of the main novels just as the arc of the main novels is complete without the novella.<br> </p>