Rowan Jun, a human born into the illegal slavery trade, arrives planetside on Unata inside the blazing wreck of the vessel he once called his prison. This new place is legendary among his fellow slaves—the populace bloodthirsty and violent and vicious, the food harsh, the air suffocating, and the ground toxic. Stories claim that even the jungles come alive to eat anyone who might enter unbidden. They call Unata "The Crossroads of the Universe". But among the Slavers, when they speak of her in hushed tones, she is better known as "Fear Planet." Rowan prays those stories are overinflated.

Born into escalating civil unrest on Azela, two sisters stumble down an ill-fated path strewn with planetary upheaval, assassination attempts and the warped idealism of covert adversaries. Briescha’s sweet and powerful sister Silver, a legendary Metallic among those of mere gemflesh, will take the throne, but not before the girls effect some much-needed change... change that incurs the wrath of Azela's powerful dissidents.

SOLANA'S STORY, A NOVELLA IN THE PATHOS SERIES: EMBERS OF THE PAST... A child who survives an inferno against all odds, Solana drifts through a fearful life at Sunny Creek, a Home for the homeless, where the rules are simple: keep your mouth shut and your eyes closed. With nothing but the horrors of her past to push her, and dreams of a bright future to guide her, Solana sets out to forge a path on her own. Then the flame descends once more. Solana hears the cryptic voice of Taiyo calling her toward an unknown destiny far away. All Solana needs is a way to escape, a lot of luck...

ARIANA'S STORY, A NOVELLA IN THE PATHOS SERIES: Ariana is a teen with a debilitating bone disorder who is suddenly freed from her malady-- with the most horrible consequences. When her long-lost aunt collects her from the hospital and spirits her away to a far-off dream world of eternal springtime and the mansion in the mountain, her life's many mysteries begin to unfold. When the darkness presses all around and a nightmare descends on her new home, Ariana uncovers the greatest secret of her race, and the worst horrors.