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It’s a beautiful day on the planet Thisia. The sort of day Zhan Marcus hates.
Fourteen years, Marcus has served in His Sovereign Majesty’s Army—fighting for the Empire of Rozhon, the world at the center of the human universe. A world he’s never seen.
He has been to dozens of worlds like this one, fighting the brutal Kyűszai, a foe whose arcane technology is fueled by the suffering and death of human captives. Marcus has lost countless men in that endless fight—sacrificed his own blood, his youth, and his faith.
None of that has brought victory. Now, the emperor’s army has sent Marcus and his exhausted men here, to Thisia. They say the fight will be an easy one; they say the enemy is weak and unprepared.
Marcus knows better. After fourteen years, he knows that a clear sky and a cool breeze are not good omens, but ill. A beautiful day is a poor day for a battle.
A poor day to die.
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First Lieutenant Shaara was dead this morning.
Her captain is furious at her. She wasted company resources getting herself killed, and it’s coming out of her paycheck. Now, she’s sitting across from the first other human being she’s seen in six years. His name is Adnan. He claims to come from Earth—but that’s impossible. Earth died a long time ago. If Adnan’s telling the truth, he and the decaying ship the captain pulled him off are nearly a thousand years old.
Wherever he’s from, he’s Shaara’s responsibility now. Which is the last thing she needs. But it’s either that, or the captain sells Adnan into slavery. Shaara knows what that would mean. Most humans do. And something inside her won’t let her abandon Adnan to it: revenant memories, stabbed awake by the look in his eyes.
Facing those memories won’t be easy. It’d be far easier to ignore the feeling driving her forward. Far easier to let it all go to hell, and drift back to sleep.
Until a shadowy new faction starts stoking the fires of war. They’re looking for Adnan; Earth’s last survivor holds the key to unleash a terrible, indiscriminate vengeance on the galaxy that wronged them. Who they are is a mystery—to everyone but Shaara. Hard as she’s tried to forget, she knows them all too well. Which means she’s the only one who can stop them.
The question is: does she want to? Maybe the galaxy’s earned a little vengeance.
Oblivion’s Cloak took First Place in the Space Opera category at the 2023 CIBAs!
PRAISE FOR OBLIVION’S CLOAK
“[Oblivion’s Cloak] is one where I tell myself I’ll just read to the next break and then go to sleep. I say that to myself six or eight times[…] If you only have time to read one Sci-Fi book this year, this is the one you should choose.”
— Elliot Jackman, https://elliotjackman.com/2023/01/09/oblivions-cloak/
“[Oblivion’s Cloak] has been my favorite book of 2023 so far. It's beautifully written and at times heartbreaking. I enjoyed everything from the scope, pacing, character dialogue and world building. [McFadyen] hit it out of the park with Oblivion's Cloak, and I can't wait for the next installment.
If you are a fan of books like The Expanse, The Murderbot Diaries, Ancillary Justice, A Memory Called Empire or Hyperion I think you will very much enjoy this book.”
— David Hamidi, Goodreads
About Dylan
Dylan has been writing science fiction stories since he was old enough to write. He’s been writing original science fiction stories—discounting admittedly awesome fully illustrated Star Trek and Star Wars fan fiction—since he was twelve.
He also has a Lord of the Rings tattoo, which in a way tells you everything else you need to know.
