The Vanishing Stars
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The Vanishing StarsBook One of the Final Light SagaA thousand years into humanity’s expansion across the stars, belief has been outlawed, faith erased, and every citizen monitored by the all-seeing Oracle—the AI authority that rose after the Event that erased millions in a single, impossible moment.Captain Jaxon Redd, decorated soldier of the Purity Authority, believes in duty, not miracles. But during a rescue mission on the dying colony of Gorath-9, a stranger presses a small, unregistered object into his hand—a relic from a forgotten age.An artifact.And one the system should have destroyed centuries ago.The moment Jaxon hides it in his armor, everything changes.The artifact he carries has a message that cannot stay hidden.And when the system demands absolute allegiance, refusing to bow will spark a conflict that shakes the entire Purity Order.The stars are vanishing again.And this time, humanity will have to choose a side.