Forsaken Commander (The Aternien Wars, #1)

Master Commander Carter Rose was the Union’s secret weapon. An augmented, bio-engineered officer in command of the most powerful warship ever devised by human minds, Rose and his crew won the war against the post-human Aternien Empire.

Then they cast him aside. A century later, Rose is living alone on a distant forest moon, feared and forsaken by the people he fought to save, growing bitter and resentful, while his superhuman body refuses to age.

But after 100 years of silence, there are signs that humanity’s enemy is stirring once more.

A post-human faction styled on the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt, and led by their god-king, Markus Aternus, the Aterniens transferred their souls into neuromorphic brains to escape mortal boundaries. Demonized by humanity and exiled after their defeat, they are now hell-bent on revenge.

But after a century of peace, the Union has forgotten how to fight.

Humanity’s only hope is the commander they spurned, but only if he can recover his warship – the Longsword Galatine – and put his elite crew back together before the god-king strikes.