The Way of Etherforging

The Intergalactic Imperium exercised their right of Eminent Domain to appropriate Earth for a galactic highway — and the planet burned. Cedrick Jonkheer watched his world end and retreated to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. His sarcastic AI calls what comes next "Etherforging": taking the very power that destroyed the world and making it his own. Advance, grow stronger, and survive a mad universe.

All Jonx wanted after escaping two star systems on the brink of conquest was rest. His friend Zozka had other plans — a sept, a tournament, just one small competition. Hard to say no to someone who'd had his back through one battlefield after another. Jonx sets out on another space adventure across the territories of the Celestial Powers, once again trying very hard not to die.

After the events of Tat'us Black, Jonx must help his friend Highburren complete her reincarnation by finding her a new shell — all while balancing the demands of an all-powerful August Celestial with their own agenda. The Dragon from Dusk till Dawn is an exacting taskmaster, and Jonx must rise to uncompromising standards or risk letting down a friend who sacrificed themselves for him — and possibly getting vaporized in an eons-old feud between Celestials.