The Ashes of Worlds (2008) (edit title/settings)

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• King Peter: formerly Raymond Aguerra; Great King of the Hanso, married to Estarra; he escaped Earth and established a new Confederation of Theroc.
• Eldred Cain: deputy and heir-apparent of Basil Wenceslas.
• Rusa'h: former Hyrillka Designate who degenerated into madness after a head injury and began a revolt against the Mage-Imperator. Rather than allow himself to be captured, he flew his ship into Hyrillka's sun, where he merged with the fiery elementals and has returnded as teh the faeros incarnate.
• King Rory: Chosen by Chairman Wenceslas to replace King Peter. Rory has dark eyes, dark hari and olive complexion
• Anton Colicos: son of Margaret and Louis Colicos, translator and student of epic stories, sent to Ildiran Empire to study the Saga of Seven Suns. He was captured with the Mage-Imperator's Ildirans and held prisoner on the Moon
• Captain Mccammon: Captain of the Whisper Palace guards.
• Sheila Willis: One of only four remaining grid admirals to survive the battle of Earth; she defected to the Confederation after refusing to slaughter colonist on Rhejak.
• Kurt Lanyan: The General in commander of the Earth Defense Force.
• Patrick Fitzpatrick III: General Lanyan's protege in the Earth Defense Forces, presumed dead after the battle of Osquivel but captured by Roamers. Later, he abandoned the EDF, stole hi grandmother's space yacht, and went in search of the Roamers; now he is married to Zhett Kellum
• Daro'h: former Dobro Designate-in-waiting but now the Prime Designate of the Ildiran Empire after the death of Thor'h
• Robb Brindle: young EDF recruit, comrade of Tasia Tambyln, captured and held prisoner by hydrogues after trying to contact them at Osquivel, rescued by Jess Tamblyn. Whit Taisa, Robb joined the Confederation and helps them build their military.
• Basil Wenceslas: Chairman of the Terran Hanseatic League.
• Margaret Colicos: xeno-archaeologist, wife of Louis Colicos and mother of Anton, vanished through transportal during Klikiss robot attack on Rheindic Co and lived among Klikiss. After helping colonist escape from Llaro. Margaret was recaptured by the new breedex.
• Carlos Aguerra: Raymond's younger brother.
• Celli: youngest daughter of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa; she recently became a green priest.
• Caleb Tamblyn: one of Jess and Tasia's uncles, stranded on Jonah 12 after the faeros destroyed his water tanker.
• Jess Tamblyn: Roamer in love wiht Cesca Peroni, infused with wental energy
• Conrad Brindle: Robb Brindle's father, former military officer, returned to active duty; when Robb left to join the Confederation, Conrad insisted on remaining loyal to the EDF
• Rlinda Kett: heavyset merchant woman, captain of the Voracious Curiosity, now serving as the Confederation's Trade Minister.
• Davlin Lotze: Hansa exosociologist and spy, sent to Rheindic Co, where he and Rlinda Kett discovered how to use the Klikiss transportal system. Later he left the Hansa service and went in hiding to live on Llaro with other Crenna refugees. After helping the colonist to escape, he was captured by the Klikiss and consumed in the breedex's next fissioning.
• Sullivan Gold: former administrator of the Hansa's modular cloud harvester at Qronha 3, which was destroyed by hydrogues; temporarily held captive by th Ildirans, then quietly returned to Earth by Rlinda Kett and Branson Roberts.
• Nira: female green priest, Jora'h's lover and mother of his half-breed daughter, Osira'h. She was held captive for years in breeding camps on Dobro, then freed.
• Orli Covitz: teenaged girl, one of two survivors of the Klikiss robot attack on Corribus. Later, she moved to a new home on Llaro, only to be caught in the Klikiss invasion. After discovering that her music could stun the Klikiss hive mind, she helped the remaining colonist escape.
• Hud Steinman: old transportal explorer, discovered Corribus and decided to settle there. After the black robot attack on Corribus, he and Orli Covitz were the only two survivors; they joined the Crenna refugees on Llaro before the Klikiss invasion there, and were rescued by Tasia Tamblyn and Robb Brindle.
• Del Kellum: Roamer clan leader, in charge of Osquivel shipyards and many Golgen skymines; formerly engaged to Shareen Pasternak, who was killed by hydrogues; father of Zhett.
• Yazra'h: oldest daughter of Jora'h; his official guard.
• Lydia Gold: Sullivan's wife.
• Estarra: Queen. Second daughter, fourth child of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa, married King Peter, recently gave birth to a son, Reynald
• Zhett Kellum: daughter of Del Kellum; married to Patrick Fiztpatrick II
• Maureen Fitzpatrick: former Chairman of the Terran Hanseatic League, grandmother of Patrick Fitzpatrick II, nicknamed "Old Battleaxe".
• Branson Roberts: former husband and business partner of Rlinda Kett, also called BeBob; his ship is the Blind Faith.
• Tal O'nh: second-highest-ranking officer in Ildiran Solar Navy, mentor to Hyrillka Designate Ridek'h. He was blinded by Rusa'h in a faeros attack on his septa of warliners.
• Micheal Aguerra: Raymond's youngest brother.
• Commandant Tilton: A member of the EDF placed in charge of the prisoners on the Moon Base.
• Sarein: eldest daughter of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa, Theron ambassador to Earth, also Basil Wenceslas's lvoer; she helped Estarra and Peter escape form the Hansa, but chose to remain behind on Earth.
• Jora'h: Mage-Imperator of the Ildiran Empire.
• Osira'h: daughter of Nira and Jora'h, bred to have unusual telepathic abilities. She was a special envoy to the hydrogues.

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Ildira: home planet of the Ildiran Empire.
• Mijistra: glorious capital city of the Ildiran Empire, site of the Prism Palace
• Moon
• Earth
• Osquivel: ringed gas planet, site of secret Roamer shipyards
• Theroc: forest planet, home of the sentient worldtrees, currently the center of the Confederation's government
• Hyrillka: Ildiran colony in the Horizon Cluster, from which Designate Rusa'h began his rebellion.
• Whisper Palace: magnificent seat of the Hansa government.
• Relleker: former Hansa colony, destroyed by hydrogues. Now resettled by Roamer clans and Confederation colonist, known for its new cutting-edge technological industries.
• Dobro: Ildiran colony world, former site of human-Ildiran breeding camps before a revolt shut them down.
• Pym: abandoned Klikiss world resettled during the Colonization Initiative, now the site of a large Klikiss subhive.

Organizations edit see section history

• Earth Defence Forces (EDF): Terran space military, lead by General Kurt Lanyan, devastated during the black robot uprising and the hydrogue war
• Ildiran Empire: large alien empire, the only other major civilization in the Spiral Arm
• Ildiran Solar Navy: space military fleet of the Ildiran Empire, much of which was devastated defending Earth during the end of teh hydrogue war.
• Terran Hanseatic League (Hansa): commerce-based government of Earth and the Terran colonies, managed by a Chairman and a figurehead King.

First Sentence edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Metal Swarm.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Kevin J. Anderson (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 813.54

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction › Space Opera
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction › Adventure
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Family Saga