{"id":221,"date":"2016-10-11T22:51:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T03:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldmaker.us\/?p=221"},"modified":"2016-10-11T22:51:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T03:51:37","slug":"earth-song-twilight-serenade-published-january-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldmaker.us\/home\/earth-song-twilight-serenade-published-january-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Song: Twilight Serenade Published January 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The galaxy is not a safe place. More than five hundred years after Earth\u2019s destruction, the descendants of humanity\u2019s survivors are finally coming into their own under the leadership of First Among the Chosen Minu Groves. They\u2019ve gained allies and slowly built strength, and now Minu has decided that the time has come to bid for freedom from the Tog, long humanity\u2019s sponsors in the interspecies Concordia. The Higher Order species, though, have been proven to possess fleets of starships to enforce their iron will. To leave her species helpless against such a foe is not acceptable to Minu. So she\u2019s about to set off into the deep darkness of space looking for the rumored ghost fleets, remnants of the Lost\u2019s ancient armada from an eons-ago war. Those ships could be the final piece Minu needs to permanently ensure humanity\u2019s freedom. But as her plans develop, the greater mysteries of her own history, her husband\u2019s fate and the very nature of the Concordia may prove to be her own undoing \u2013 and with her, all of mankind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The galaxy is not a safe place. More than five hundred years after Earth\u2019s destruction, the descendants of humanity\u2019s survivors are finally coming into their own under the leadership of First Among the Chosen Minu Groves. 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