The Archons: Escape from the Abyss, #1

By Frank DeCaire

Captain Alastor is a war hero who commands one of the oldest carriers in the fleet. It is the last of the big ships made for a war fought decades ago. Now the colonies of planets he represents are fighting a war with an enemy that fights using unconventional techniques. They are a terrorist organization known as The Mist.

Senator Price has an ax to grind with Captain Alastor and he will stop at nothing to have the captain removed from active duty. When Captain Alastor discovers that the war with the Mist is nothing but a scam run by politicians, he discovers a real target to bomb, giving Senator Price all the leverage he needs to finally get his nemesis removed from the military.

Sylvia Wright is the leading religious leader of the colonies. She believes in the Tome of Revelations, but she is of an order that has seen its followers decreasing for years. The Tome itself tells of ancient worlds that their colonists escaped from, but very few believe the Tome. Nobody has encountered alien races as described in the Tome and nobody has discovered the location of the ancient colonies.

Captain Alastor is recalled to the Capitol world to be forcibly retired. His ship and crew must travel through the interplanetary gate system to get there. When the gate system fails, they emerge with a collection of civilian ships in an unknown region of space. Before the lost ships can organize and find their location, they come under attack from an advanced alien race. Sylvia Wright is convinced these are the demons foretold in the Tome. Captain Alastor is not convinced until they discover an uncharted inhabited planet.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Frank DeCaire
• Release date: Apr 19, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223785453