BOOK 1
by Chris McAuley
IT ALL BEGAN IN THE NEXUS!
Nexus Astrum: Origins awaits! In the scorching wasteland of Kether Prime, where rust-eaten mining rigs cast long shadows across a world crushed beneath the titanium boot of the Federated Dominion, Aiden Veran is more than just another expendable engineer. He’s a tinderbox of rebellion waiting to ignite, his calloused hands intimately familiar with machinery but his heart burning with dreams that stretch far beyond the suffocating dust and oppressive skies.
Everything changes when the Rebellion erupts like a plasma burst across the colony’s bleak landscape. What begins as whispers of resistance suddenly transforms into a thunderous roar of defiance, pulling Aiden from the anonymity of his workstation into a crucible of war that will test every ounce of his untapped potential.
Enter Kira Alith—a fallen Dominion pilot whose past is etched with more scars than her battle-worn mech. Haunted by demons of previous conflicts and carrying the weight of betrayals that have stripped her of everything, she represents both the system’s brutal machinery and its potential for radical transformation.
Their discovery isn’t just another piece of abandoned technology. Deep within a forgotten maintenance tunnel, they unearth a mech that seems to pulse with dormant energy—a relic from an era when humanity’s technological ambitions knew no bounds. This isn’t just a machine; it’s a sleeping titan that could shatter the Dominion’s seemingly invincible control.
As the Dominion’s response escalates from calculated oppression to all-out annihilation, Aiden and Kira find themselves at the razor’s edge of a conflict that will determine the fate of not just Kether Prime, but potentially the entire galactic frontier. Each battle becomes a symphony of hydraulic screams and energy weapon exchanges, with stakes that go far beyond simple survival.
Aiden must transform from a passive observer to a leader who can inspire hope in a population crushed by generations of tyrannical control. Kira must confront the ghosts of her past, reconciling her former role as a Dominion enforcer with her newfound commitment to liberation.
Their journey is a high-stakes dance of technological resurrection and human determination—a narrative where every calibration of a mech’s systems, every strategic decision, carries the potential to spark a revolution or extinguish their last ember of resistance.
The cost of rebellion is brutally high. Blood, neural interface feedback, and the screaming metal of dying mechs become their currency. Victory is not guaranteed, and the path forward is lined with impossible choices that will demand everything—and then demand even more.
In Nexus Astrum: Origins, readers quickly learn that this is more than a war. This is humanity’s desperate cry against a system designed to crush individual spirit—fought one thunderous mech step at a time.
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