The Fires of Hephaestus (The Starsea Cycle, Book 6)

The galaxy is burning. To save it, he must walk through fire.

The Swarmers are consuming star systems one by one. The Dread Pirate Zheng Yang is advancing her Golden Armada. A fanatic Prophet is carving out a theocracy.

The League of Worlds is crumbling, but the true key to survival isn't an army—it's Lucian Abrantes, Chosen of the Manifold.

To save the fragments of humanity, Lucian must race to the hellish surface of Hephaestus. Somewhere on this lava-ridden world lies the Orb of Thermalism.

But with enemies closing in on all sides, Lucian doesn't just have to find the prize... he has to survive the heat.