A decoded interstellar artifact reveals the final testimony of a vanished civilization-and a warning meant for no living world.The Anari were once a star-faring empire. Then Kellyn Windstream, a linguist-historian, unsealed the Chamber of Victory... and accidentally released the Malloch-beings of living entropy that devour planets faster than science can resist.On the brink of extinction, the last Anari break their most sacred law: they use time travel to flee four thousand years into their own past.They awaken in an age where their ancestors are divided and battle eleven rival civilizations-each ruthless, each destined to rise and fall long before the stars. And in this forgotten era, the refugees discover a truth their future abandoned: The ancient Anari wielded magic, divine harmony, and living forests as weapons of war.Now Kellyn must learn powers her science never believed in, unite twelve fiercely independent clans, and unravel the origin of the gods themselves...cause the darkness she unleashed in the future is coming for the past as well.The Chamber of Victory launches The Time Bureau Files. In this sweeping sci-fi fantasy saga, science meets myth, destiny collides with causality, and the survival of every timeline hinges on one forbidden choice."A careful blend of sound-based magic, clan warfare, and time-travel tension." - Booksterr Review"Deep questions about altering time, survival, and identity." - Booksterr Review