Paranormal 

Two men, two empires. Jaibriol rules the Trader empire: over two trillion people across more than a thousand worlds and habitats. Kelric rules the Skolian Imperialate. War had come before: ten years ago, Jaibriol lost his parents in the final battle of the Radiance War between the Traders and the Imperialate. Now conflict again threatens to devastate their people. Neither Jaibriol nor Kelric want war, but neither is complete master of his realm. Neither trusts the other. And each hides a secret that, if revealed, might prove his downfall.

Unknown to his people, Jaibriol is a telepath and empath. Psions among the Traders are treated as contemptible slaves, tortured for the pleasure their owners take from their psychic pain. If anyone learns of his abilities, his life will become hell. Moreover, he will be powerless to stop the forces seeking subjugation—or annihilation—of the Skolians.

Kelric hides the secret of his whereabouts during two decades of imprisonment when he was held captive on the isolated planet Coba. If the Skolian Imperialate knew of his captivity, the demands for vengeance would ravage the fragile Coban society that he had grown to love and destroy the lives of the wife and children he had left behind.

Both men must rely on the formidable power of the women in their lives, including Jaibriol’s wife, Tarquine, the most dangerous woman in three empires. A destructive threat greater than either empire brings Jaibriol and Kelric together in a struggle that will determine the fate of their two empires and possibly the future of the universe itself.