The few survivors of the planet Zegandaria embark on a long journey to the cold and bleak satellite Charon, which lies in the solar system. In an attempt to escape the sinister secret of computer demon viruses buried deep beneath the surface of Zegandaria in a special sarcophagus they believe is sealed for all time. On the small space colony of Semrik Sin, which bears the name of one of the veterans of the City of Light, they find peace for a time, but it in turn does not last too long. Mysterious murders committed by the so-called Invisibles mark a dark series of secrets that is marked with more and more blood. After the murder of his best friend Jake, Jervond Om San convinces a small group of adventurers to embark on a sinister expedition to the so-called Dead City, located in the sinister Mordor Macula, where Jervond and his companions' ideas of reality will be upended. The group discovers the Voargis buried beneath the ice, and Jessica Edwater sacrifices herself to not only save the life of her beloved, but to help him see the truth of the nature of things. As time passes, Jervond slowly realizes that the darkness comes from his own soul, and the Light creatures that appear to him reveal all to him. Seraija Gul San's heir faces a difficult choice, but he accepts his fate with dignity.

Table of Contents

CHARON

CHAPTER ONE: CHARON   And here we are on Charon. Many believe the souls of the dead hover here. At least, that's what they'v... Read Chapter

A VETERAN

CHAPTER TWO: A VETERAN   When you've lived this long, you just want to be gone, like an unneeded leaf in the fall. Von Blask... Read Chapter

THE INCONSPICUOUS

CHAPTER THREE: THE INCONSPICUOUS   Perhaps I didn't mention that coexisting with the Invisibles isn't easy. Many have lost t... Read Chapter

THE SEMRIK SIN COLONY

CHAPTER FOUR: THE SEMRIK SIN COLONY   You see, many scientists have argued over one simple fact - how many people it actuall... Read Chapter

THE COSMIC PLAGUE

CHAPTER FIVE: THE COSMIC PLAGUE   It came from who knows where - to some as a blessing, to others as a curse. But for most o... Read Chapter

THE FUNERAL

- "Father," I said to him, "please don't be offended, but I would like to die in peace." Charles Bukowski "The True Story of the Madm... Read Chapter

THE GIFT

CHAPTER SEVEN: THE GIFT   The Ufurgans had given Von Blask a number of useful gadgets and many interesting and valuable item... Read Chapter

FALSE FRIENDS

CHAPTER EIGHT: FALSE FRIENDS   While growing up in Semrik Sin, it was all too common for us to play different games. It was ... Read Chapter

THE EXILE

CHAPTER NINE: THE EXILE   Von Blask had gone to a rather unusual place, and it was one of Charon's companions, Cerberus. The... Read Chapter

THE EARTH FEDERATION

CHAPTER TEN: THE EARTH FEDERATION   Earth had changed a great deal in the advanced future-it was not at all what people in p... Read Chapter

THE CERBERUS OUTPOST

CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE CERBERUS OUTPOST   Cerberus was another rather special place. One of its most interesting features was i... Read Chapter

KOROLAN BRU CORPORATION

CHAPTER TWELVE: KOROLAN BRU CORPORATION   Korolan Bru was the most powerful and advanced space corporation, engaged in a wid... Read Chapter

THE DEATH OF JAKE

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ERTOL GIS CORPORATION   The Ertol Gis Corporation produced all sorts of interesting things, and one of its... Read Chapter

ERTOL GIS CORPORATION

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ERTOL GIS CORPORATION   The Ertol Gis Corporation produced all sorts of interesting things, and one of its... Read Chapter

THE SECRET OF VON BLASK

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE SECRET OF VON BLASK   Von Blask died in a way that was not preferable. Rento concealed some of the fact... Read Chapter

GENOME MAN

" Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind" Albert Einstein   CHAPTER SIXTEEN: GENOME MAN ... Read Chapter

GERARD DOWNS

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: GERARD DOWNS   Gerard Downs was the man we needed, but unfortunately, after Von Blask's departure, he was... Read Chapter

THE FORCES OF THE EARTH FEDERATION

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: THE FORCES OF THE EARTH FEDERATION   The Earth fleet was a formidable force, consisting of a vast number o... Read Chapter

METEORITE HUNTING

CHAPTER NINETEEN: METEORITE HUNTING   Hunting meteorites is romantic, but also dangerous. Gerard Downs was gone ingloriously... Read Chapter

ENBRIGHT'S SECRET PAST

CHAPTER TWENTY: ENBRIGHT'S SECRET PAST   After the attack in question, I decided to dig carefully into the past of my worst ... Read Chapter

THE DEAD CITY

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: THE DEAD CITY   The Dead City we called a very strange place. Perhaps I failed to mention that our colon... Read Chapter

THE SMUGGLER

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: THE SMUGGLER   - "Being a smuggler isn't for everyone," Rento was fond of saying, 'It takes an arse and ... Read Chapter

THE COSMIC INQUISITION

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: THE COSMIC INQUISITION   - "Let me go, you beasts," bellowed a young smuggler who clearly didn't have ... Read Chapter

THE END OF THE RENTO

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: THE END OF THE RENTO   Rento was doomed to brutal remorse, but in time he became acutely aware of the s... Read Chapter

COMPLETELY ALONE

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: COMPLETELY ALONE   Jervond was left completely alone and felt he had to get ready. The others weren't g... Read Chapter

THE BLINDFOLD FALLS FROM THE EYES

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: THE BLINDFOLD FALLS FROM THE EYES   At one point, Enbright's men apparently got loose and tried to attac... Read Chapter

THE ERVANANS

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: THE ERVANANS   Many races were too aggressive, but none were as brutal as the Ervanans - they were sim... Read Chapter

RETURN TO THE ROOTS

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: RETURN TO THE ROOTS   Every one of us dreams of returning to our roots. And that's only natural. On Ze... Read Chapter

FAMILY

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: FAMILY   Charon's notions of family were also fuzzy enough. And if the crew mated in various geometric ... Read Chapter

SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE

CHAPTER THIRTY: SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE   On Zegandaria, the god Erduk taught us that there were two kinds of people, Light and ... Read Chapter

CLONE GH306

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: CLONE GH306   When he returned from his mission, the clone was richly rewarded for his accomplishments. ... Read Chapter

THE TRIAL

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: THE TRIAL   The jury listened to GH306's reasoning - his explanations were a little strange from a human... Read Chapter

THE SEVEN BRIGHT CREATURES

And the great dragon was cast down, that ancient serpent that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world was cast dow... Read Chapter

THE CONDEMNED

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: THE CONDEMNED   The doomed clone had despaired. The Sea of Rains[1] was the saddest and perhaps the wor... Read Chapter

FRATRICIDE

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: FRATRICIDE   The closer the clones were in a series, the greater the likelihood of complications, and t... Read Chapter

THE CONSCIENCE OF THE TORTURER

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: THE CONSCIENCE OF THE TORTURER   - "Where do you want to go, stranger?," the Executioner turned to him i... Read Chapter

EXTRADITION

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: EXTRADITION   When they tried to comply with the Chief Executioner's recommendation, the authorities o... Read Chapter

THE SMUGGLERS

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: THE SMUGGLERS   He'd been picked up by a rather dubious ship, which incidentally was meant to deal wit... Read Chapter

COMMANDER BRUTUS

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: COMMANDER BRUTUS   Commander Brutus was a brutal type, eager to show his independence until the moment ... Read Chapter

THE PLANET NANJAGAR

CHAPTER FORTY: THE PLANET NANJAGAR   The one place Ertol Gis wouldn't look for Doctor Gad ‘Di Enn was Nanjagar, of all pla... Read Chapter

THE DISCOVERY

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE: THE DISCOVERY   Having come to the end of our journey, we took stock of human losses. Mordor Macula, with... Read Chapter

THE HIDDEN SHIP

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO: THE HIDDEN SHIP   I have to tell you, it wasn't easy getting around in space. That nitrogen ice might hav... Read Chapter

THE DEATH OF RIVINUS OLK

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE: THE DEATH OF RIVINUS OLK   It turned out that the fall hadn't been that deep. But we decided to secure ... Read Chapter

THE HEIR

CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR: THE HEIR   Old Esborn was already pining for an heir-someone he could trust with his business-but unfort... Read Chapter

THE SAMAEL GROUP

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE: THE SAMAEL GROUP   Everyone wanted to actually live well, but this was strongly true of the earthly sena... Read Chapter

THE SECRET OF CERBERUS

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX: THE SECRET OF CERBERUS   Of course, Brutus had cremated Von Blask for a number of reasons - some of them,... Read Chapter

THE COMMANDER'S ESCAPE

CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN: THE COMMANDER'S ESCAPE   Commander Brutus kept one more secret. Besides the fact that the Ervanans had ... Read Chapter

THE ERVANAN CIVILIZATION

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT: THE ERVANAN CIVILIZATION   Om Suv Res knew two and two hundred, and as an experienced military man he s... Read Chapter

THE MAGIC OF SLEEP

CHAPTER FORTY-NINE: THE MAGIC OF SLEEP   I left some of the team outside-just in case. Maybe some of Enbright's men wouldn't... Read Chapter

THE ROAD TO NOWHERE

CHAPTER FIFTY: THE ROAD TO NOWHERE   It was clear we couldn't mimic Ervanan speech, but there was special software that modi... Read Chapter

THE BIONIC HANDS

FIFTY-ONE: THE BIONIC HANDS   Lozur Bann busied himself examining the remains with an attention that would have been the env... Read Chapter

THE ERVANAN SHIP

CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO: THE ERVANAN SHIP   The deeper we went inside the ship, the clearer it became that we knew extraordinarily... Read Chapter

EMBORIO SIKUR

CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE: EMBORIO SIKUR   It was then that I realized why Sikur had wished to stay inside-not out of fear or any ... Read Chapter

THE BERIA CLISTE

CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR: THE BERIA CLISTE   When you get into the Hell of your own mind, you can see absolutely anything. It is n... Read Chapter

THE OTHER FACE OF THE ENEMY

CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE: THE OTHER FACE OF THE ENEMY   We didn't know it then, but the true Invisibles were the Ervanans. Sikur h... Read Chapter

THE MAD REALITY

CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX: THE MAD REALITY   I resolved to see what lay in the remotest part of the Ervanan ship-perhaps there was t... Read Chapter

THE MISSION OF SIKUR

CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN: THE MISSION OF SIKUR   After we came to our senses, Jessica and I both decided to move out of that damn... Read Chapter

THE RESCUE OF JESSICA

"In hell, death is the least of dangers." Richard Mathieson   CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT: THE RESCUE OF JESSICA   ... Read Chapter

THE SINS OF GERVOND

CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE: THE SINS OF GERVOND   I, Gervond Om San, am ready to confess to all my sins committed in the name of pre... Read Chapter

ENEMIES BECOME FRIENDS

CHAPTER SIXTY: ENEMIES BECOME FRIENDS   Even with antimatter propulsion, the distances in the universe are truly vast - even... Read Chapter

REVEALING THE CARDS

CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE: REVEALING THE CARDS   - "Jervond, every civilisation has to reach a certain level of development before t... Read Chapter

THE ERVANAN

CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO: THE ERVANAN   The Ervanan clearly needed a real host body for the simple reason that it took a tremendous... Read Chapter

THE SHIP VOARGIS

SIXTY-THREE: THE SHIP VOARGIS   The claim that ships in the future would change the balance of power was not necessarily tru... Read Chapter

THE INSIGHT

CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR: THE INSIGHT   Proxima B had been significantly altered according to the Ervanans' understanding, yet the... Read Chapter

DREAMS AFTER DEATH

CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE: DREAMS AFTER DEATH   Jessica Edwater a true lady, but also a fearless warrior who had done her duty - I ... Read Chapter

THE FATE OF CLONE GH306

CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX: THE FATE OF CLONE GH306   GH306 very soon took over the real running of the Echnaton's smuggling operatio... Read Chapter

THE WAY OF THE SOUL

CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN: THE WAY OF THE SOUL   When a soul makes its way between dimensions, it realizes its insignificant condi... Read Chapter

THE BATTLE FOR THE PLANET NANJAGAR

CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT: THE BATTLE FOR THE PLANET NANJAGAR   Soon after, Jervond Om San and the warriors surrounding him landed... Read Chapter

RUFUS EBENDHOUSE

CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE: RUFUS EBENDHOUSE   The Earth Federation expected some report to arrive from the ship sent to Nanjagar, b... Read Chapter

THE CHOICE

CHAPTER SEVENTY: THE CHOICE   When he saw the senators with his own eyes, Rufus guessed that they had not come for good. The... Read Chapter

THE OVERSEER

CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE: THE OVERSEER   The Overseer knew that it hadn't been easy at all to send that damn chip to Vice Admiral... Read Chapter

HAUMEA

CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO: THE HAUMEA   With the entire force stationed on Cerberus, Erdemon Bonks set out to seek fierce justice,... Read Chapter

EARTH'S NEW HOME

CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE: EARTH'S NEW HOME   The Earth Federation was able to get the full details of what had happened in pers... Read Chapter

EPILOGUE

EPILOGUE   - "You think you got away with it, Jervond! Wait, you haven't seen anything yet! There are Light creatures waitin... Read Chapter


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