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A Forest of StarsA Forest of Stars
The Saga of Seven Suns - Book 02

Kevin J. Anderson




The Saga of the Seven Suns is a multi-volume chronicle of a legendary war that
spans half the Galaxy and nearly shatters the cosmos. This series follows the
family intrigues, the loves and tragedies, pomp and pageantry among several
competing races in an expanding stellar empire.
Five years have passed since the beginning of an epic war with the Hydrogues.
Tensions are high as Hydrogues scour the many systems of the Spiral Arm
searching out and destroying planets they think hold humans or trees of the
Worldforest. And with their gas-giant planets off limits, EarthТs government has
tightened the economic reins on its colonies, which leads to hardship and
rebellion. King Peter wages a fierce rebellion of his own against Hansa Chairman
Basil Wenceslas. Prime Designate JoraТh, longing for his missing Nira, clashes
with his dying father, the Mage Imperator, over the horrid things done Уin the
name of the empire.Ф Meanwhile on Theroc, Reynald asks Cesca Peroni of the
Roamer clan to be his bride. Cesca, knowing an alliance with the Therans is for
the good of her Roamers, must give up Jess Tamblyn and their bright future.
Meanwhile Jess Tamblyn, isolated in a skimmer ship stumbles across a possible
new ally. ItТs the last of an old race of water-based creatures called Wentals.
Humankind has awakened the wrath of a formidable and ancient enemy in the
Hydrogues, for once a vast and horrible war took place across the galaxy. As
there are more sightings of the fearsome sun-bearing Faeros creatures, it seems
this war has only just begun. These creatures have the ability to destroy
planets and defuse stars. Will they take apart the spiral arm with their rage?



Copyright й2003 by WordFire, Inc.

ISBN: 0-7595-8782-5



THE STORY SO FAR
In the ruins of the ancient Klikiss civilization, human archaeologists MARGARET
and LOUIS COLICOS discovered an exotic technology capable of igniting gas-giant
planets to create new suns. For the first test of the Klikiss Torch, at the gas
giant Oncier, observers included BASIL WENCESLAS, suave Chairman of the Terran
Hanseatic League (the Hansa), and the alien ADAR KORIТNH, military commander of
the vast but stagnant Ildiran Empire. Though the humanoid Ildirans helped Earth
colonize the Spiral Arm, they still see humans as ambitious upstarts. They
considered the test of the Klikiss Torch unnecessary hubris, since many other
planets were available for colonization.
When Oncier was ignited, collapsing into a compact sun, instant reports of the