Refusing to abandon their shipmates, Elise Lewis and Major Rick Clark sacrifice their search for Earth and commit to fight beside Head Officer Zúrhé and Dekra 9-2-6. No matter what. Estranged from the United Free Territories, the crew is more vulnerable than ever before. And with the Imperium steadily assimilating more people, they are running out of time.

However, the Imperium is not the only obstacle Zúrhé and the crew are faced with. Resolved to seize Dekra 9-2-6 for himself, devious Lord Kosk is in relentless pursuit. Determined to gain the advantage, the crew joins forces with some unlikely allies. Meanwhile, tensions run high on the ship, and it’s only a matter of time before sparks fly.

With options rapidly vanishing, Dekra 9-2-6 prepares for a final stand to save the United Free Territories from destruction. But freedom doesn’t come cheap. If they survive, will their path to Redemption have been worth the cost? 

…And in the Beginning opens billions of light years from Earth on a doomed planet that will reshape history as we know it. Luma, the Sumerian Acolyte is destined to follow in her Ascended brother’s footsteps, but her lazy path to immortality is interrupted when her world is destroyed by an ancient enemy. Luma is lost to the cosmos, but the Universe has a plan.

In the year 2020 on modern-day Earth, the Archangel Raphael finally begins to understand the reason for her lonely Exile. For years she has wandered the Earth with nothing but a vague old prophecy and her estranged brother, Azrael to guide her steps. That will all change the day she stumbles into FBI Special Agent Levi Malach during his hunt for the international assassin, Rian Murphy. Despite her reluctance to get involved with the intricacies of human affairs, Raphael is thrown into a race against time… A race that will determine the fate of two worlds and change human history forever.