The Saga of the Seven Suns Series
I found the series of The Saga of Seven Suns to be a well-written and complex world set in a not-too-distant future where mysterious alien benefactors, the Ildirans, have helped humanity to spread out among the stars, colonizing a number of planets. Much of the human race is ruled by the powerful Terran Hanseatic League (Hansa), which intends, by any means, to extend its control to every corner of human space while the Ildirans simply continue to look on.
The series details the outcome of an ancient war rekindled by human folly when scientists experimenting with alien technology create a new star from a gas giant and thereby awaken the fury of a hidden empire of elemental aliens known as the hydrogues, who dwell within gas giants. The hydrogues start to extinguish stars, thus awaking another elemental race in the stars—the faeros—who fight back. On the planet Theroc, human colonists awaken the verdani, a tree elemental race, and two Roamers awaken a fourth elemental race-the water elemental wentals. The series details the rekindled war between these forces and the Illdirans, Hansa and Roamers who are caught in the middle.
Beneath this all, a subplot of artificial intelligence lurks. Ancient black robots ally with the humans and the Illdirans, and aid them in their war. Later in the series, their creators, the Klikiss return, attacking both human and robot to regain their lost colonies.
Books in the Series:
The series details the outcome of an ancient war rekindled by human folly when scientists experimenting with alien technology create a new star from a gas giant and thereby awaken the fury of a hidden empire of elemental aliens known as the hydrogues, who dwell within gas giants. The hydrogues start to extinguish stars, thus awaking another elemental race in the stars—the faeros—who fight back. On the planet Theroc, human colonists awaken the verdani, a tree elemental race, and two Roamers awaken a fourth elemental race-the water elemental wentals. The series details the rekindled war between these forces and the Illdirans, Hansa and Roamers who are caught in the middle.
Beneath this all, a subplot of artificial intelligence lurks. Ancient black robots ally with the humans and the Illdirans, and aid them in their war. Later in the series, their creators, the Klikiss return, attacking both human and robot to regain their lost colonies.
Books in the Series:
Hidden Empire (2002)
A Forest of Stars (2003)
Horizon Storms (2004)
Scattered Suns (July 18, 2005)
Of Fire and Night (2006)
Metal Swarm (2007)
The Ashes of Worlds (2008)
A Forest of Stars (2003)
Horizon Storms (2004)
Scattered Suns (July 18, 2005)
Of Fire and Night (2006)
Metal Swarm (2007)
The Ashes of Worlds (2008)
The Saga of Shadows Series
This series is a follow-on of the Saga of the Seven Suns series, but 20 years later, when another enemy shows up, appearing as a black cloud in space. This is called the Shana Rei, which normally lives outside the universe. It only wants to kill all sentient beings as they cause the Shana Rei pain, and then it wants to die. However, they are being pushed into the universe by "Eternity's Mind." We probably will find out what that is in the third book, but we get hints of it in the books. Again, a really well-written series with really good character development.
Books in the Trilogy:
Books in the Trilogy:
The Dark Between the Stars (2014)
Blood of the Cosmos (2015)
Eternity's Mind
Blood of the Cosmos (2015)
Eternity's Mind