On his first crossing through the warps, Seg discovers a world rich in vita - fuel to save his dying world. Cold, brilliant and desperate to prove himself as a Cultural Theorist, Seg breaks away from the recon squad sent to protect him, to scout out prime vita sources. But to find his prize he must face his biggest fear: water.
Fiery and headstrong, Ama receives an ultimatum from her people's tyrannical overlords: betray her own kind or give up the boat she calls home, forever. When a wealthy traveler hires her as a guide, Ama thinks her prayers are answered - until a violent murder...

Somewhere through the warp gate, buried in the ruins of a long-dead civilization, a strange machine could be the key to the Storm that threatens Seg Eraranat's world. But does this ghost world hold the secret of salvation or the ultimate portent of doom?
Haunted by the death of the woman he loves, and caught in the crossfire of a shadowy war, Seg Eraranat volunteers for a secret off-world mission. Not far away, Ama Kalder awakes under the care of a mysterious indigo-skinned stranger, living among a tribe of escaped slaves. With her memories lost to the Storm, she must battle for survival...

No one knows where it came from.
For a thousand years, Seg's people hid behind stone and shield from the mysterious entity known as the Storm. Civilizations fell, cities crumbled, and the last desperate inhabitants of a once-flourishing planet became merciless tyrants in the name of survival.
One man knows how it ends.
Trapped on a dead world, the only chance of escape a warp gate in the heart of an enemy base, Seg must fight his way back to his home world. But he carries a fatal secret: a new kind of Storm is coming and nothing will survive its fury. Against...