Sky of Diamonds

<p class=ql-align-center><em>In space even the hottest blood runs cold.</em></p><p class=ql-align-center> </p><p class=ql-align-center>A trillionaire recluse</p><p class=ql-align-center>An eccentric old man</p><p class=ql-align-center>An Amazonian former Marine</p><p class=ql-align-center>A young seemingly 'innocent' girl</p><p class=ql-align-center>A racketeer's bodyguard</p><p>Driven by desire. Goaded by dark instinct. They are driven to secrecy and hide in plain sight among the Confederacy's trillions of ordinary humans.</p><p>After the Grugell War a tentative and fragile peace has settled over the Confederacy. During this period of peace prosperity and exploration evidence of an ancient legend has surfaced. </p><p>Are the apparently immortal Elites monsters or guardians? Predators or professors? Wellsprings of evil or fonts of wisdom?</p><p>Do the Elite themselves even know the answers?</p><p>From the wards of a Confederate Navy hospital ship to an outlaw world to a burgeoning new colony the Elite are slowly making their presence felt. The Confederacy and indeed humanity itself will never again be the same.</p>