The Hegira Saga
Humanity was forced to abandon Sol and voyage out into the darkness, forging new colonies in nearby star-systems. Some were successful, others were not.
Book 1 : Contravention
The legacy of a recent conflict still haunts humanity’s attempts to spread out into the galaxy, its progress thwarted by a mysterious force known only as “The Enclave.”
The Hegemony and Coalition, vast space-faring factions, vie for supremacy whilst resources diminish, pushing star-systems to the brink of war.
The promise of a new and rapid interstellar technology results in a desperate race across the stars, whilst a crucial peace conference is interrupted by the abduction of the young and beautiful heir to the Empress of the Hegemony.
A tramp trader crew gets caught in the crossfire, just trying to turn a profit in a hostile universe…
About Contravention
Crikey, this book is great. I mean it. Drew is on top-form here, and it’s the perfect opener to the series. Everything’s here: the thoroughly engaging lovable and hate-able characters, the interstellar politics, the spaceships and physics, the worldbuilding, the mystery and intrigue. Drew has always been good at writing in other people’s universes, but when he’s let loose into his own universe, the results are on a totally different level. Shadeward was a triumph, and Hegira really does feel like a full evolution of that. It’s got me excited and restless to read the rest of the series; the wait will be agonising!
An epic start to a series sees this book, set in our universe, with real laws of physics applicable to daily life. introducing the scene and the key set of characters to love and follow, along with some already lost, in what promises to be an epic storyline of twists and politics intermingled.
The stage is set for intrigue, adventure, and mystery. Drew has a lot of balls to juggle, but does so admirably. There’s enough familiar here for fans of Firefly or The Expanse to get hooked with, while also having plenty of fresh and original ideas to play with—such as the mysterious reason humanity is confined to a bubble of space 30 light years wide…
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