PRAEVIA ASTRA
Imperium Prequel Novels
Sic Itur Ad Astra — Thus the Way to the Stars
“He who has seen the present has seen everything that existed from all eternity.”
— Marcus Aurelius
A century has passed since the fires that nearly erased humanity.
The Imperium rises, bright and whole, yet every soul who will shape its fate still carries echoes of the past and murmurings of the future.
Long before the great saga begins, there are lives already in motion —
pirates, visionaries, exiles, guardians, seekers, conquerors…
each standing at the edge of destiny.
Here begin the Libri Praevia —
the whispers before the legends.
Not histories.
But the first movements of a vast tapestry whose threads shall one day bind the stars.
THE PIRATE
PIRATES OF THE IMPERIUM
In a galaxy forged by conquest, an Imperial Watcher stands at a crossroads between guilt and fury, duty and defiance.
Seraphine DeVere once sailed the starways as the captain of a scout starship — trained to observe, evaluate, and judge the fate of alien worlds.
One judgment changed her forever.
Haunted by a choice she can neither escape nor amend, Seraphine vanishes into the shadowed underworld of the starways.
There, amid outlaws and wanderers, she confronts a survivor whose existence challenges everything she believes about justice, mercy, and the fragile hope of redemption.
Legends speak of an ancient weapon lost among the ruins of forgotten civilizations — a relic capable of reshaping the balance of power.
Seraphine races toward it not for conquest, but to prevent an age of destruction she fears may rise again.
Her journey is one of fury, madness, and love —
the crucible through which she must pass before destiny calls her into the heart of the Imperium saga.
THE DREAMER
HIGH SALVAGE
In a galaxy without dreamers, Sé Black refuses to fall silent.
Overshadowed by a father’s legacy, dismissed by those who see only a drifter, Sé longs for a discovery that will prove his life matters — to the stars, to others, and to himself.
A mythical coin from an ancient civilization sends him on a treasure hunt through forgotten corridors of the galaxy.
But the greatest treasure awaiting him is not the one he expects.
Love finds him where he believes it cannot exist.
Courage finds him where he fears he has none.
Destiny finds him where only ruin was meant to remain.
And in the drifting dark, something waits —
not a relic,
not a prize,
but a revelation powerful enough to remake a man.
What he is about to find is no relic.
It is the beginning of who he must become.
THE SCIENTIST
TOUCHING INFINITY
In a society where romantic love is dismissed as myth, Alastríona DeTroyes seeks truth in the one place where illusions cannot survive — the heart of a dying star.
Her sister chooses love and chaos.
Her parents choose duty and marriage.
Alastríona chooses the stars.
Fleeing an unwanted union, she joins an expedition to study a looming supernova.
But the cosmos reveals more than stellar physics:
a covert mission, a traitor hidden among her companions, and a man whose presence awakens a longing she has no name for.
At the edge of creation, where light collapses and time bends, Alastríona must decide what she believes — about truth, about sacrifice, and about the myth she has always feared to hope for.
Some infinities burn.
Some infinities reveal.
Some infinities transform.
THE PURPOSE OF PRAEVIA ASTRA
These are not mere preludes.
They are the first breaths of a saga that will one day span a thousand worlds.
Through the Pirate, the Dreamer, and the Scientist, the Imperium begins to take shape — not in fleets, or empires, or battles…
but in hearts that will bear the weight of destiny.
Each story is a star in the greater constellation.
Each life a thread in a tapestry still being woven.
Each choice a step toward a future the Imperium cannot yet see.
Thus begin the stars.
Sic Itur Ad Astra.
These are the stories of the main characters of Imperium.
They may be read in any order.
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