When Vesper Gate falls under Dominion "inspection," Kaelen Dusk-Kaelos-born salvager with a talent for hearing the quiet river under things-opens a door that shouldn't exist. With Lira, a former Seraph, he's thrust into a war for the routes threaded through the stars. The Dominion wants the power. Smugglers want the profit. The Current only answers those who listen. Starnexus begins The Fractured Galaxy, a space-opera of gates, rebellion, and a tyrant's grip tightening across the stars.