Jarek’s a planet lord in the brutal clash of Space Hegemony, ruling Redstone—a radiated wreck where the Steelborn, geniuses with just twenty years to live, fight to survive. Time’s their enemy until a system gift drops: Steel Ascension. Flesh becomes metal, mortality fades, and the Steelborn rise as undead machines. Jarek’s got a new legion and a cold promise: unleash a storm of steel across the galaxy. The stars won’t know what hit ‘em.