Stormwind Rising

When Captain Vaughn Daskar eases the Stormwind into the uncharted haze of the Cygnus Drift, he carries more than a crew across the stars , he carries a legacy his son Aldric has spent a lifetime trying to deserve. The chronometer marks the thirty-seventh bell of the third watch as the ship approaches Mantell's Edge, where a long-dormant signal has begun to sing again. Maren Quell logs the readings from the sensor deck. Tren Kael arms the gun crews without being asked. Pell Aronin, Lyssa Torin, and Halse Brackett take their stations alongside Cassia Vorn, each officer carrying a private fear of what waits beyond the drift. Lira Voss tends the wounded from the last engagement. Yul Brennar sharpens blades he hopes never to use. Hesper Loyne reads the ancient charts that may already be lying. Sera Cull counts the days of water and air. And from the lower decks, Shey'tar watches the sky with eyes that were not born beneath any human sun. What Aldric finds at the edge of charted space will divide the Stormwind , between father and son, between officers and crew, between the past Vaughn built and the future Aldric must choose. Some lights are meant to be followed. Others are bait. And the price of answering wrong is every soul aboard.