Etzli smooshed up against the back of Varangr's pilot seat. Malcolm and Ledoyen squeezed in beside her.

As soon as they saw Osmus, they all knew right away the world hadn't just gone quiet. It was dead.

Something cracked open the planet like an egg.

At first, the details were hidden in the shadow of the planet's night side, but then dawn broke across the devastation. An entire hemisphere was blown out, leaving a massive wound that extended from one ...