Darkness Stirring (Through the Shattered Glass Series, #1) / Through the Shattered Glass Series (ePub)

On the planet Kammilonn, homeworld of the Antarian people, the second child of Administrator Kylen Varien and Lady Anna Varien is born. The circumstances of this birth thrust Kylen into the strange world of his wife's people, the Starchildren, Elvin refugees with an alien social structure, powerful ancient gods, and science so advanced it seems like magic. It is only then he learns of Anna's true place among her people and the role their newborn son, Leeander, must consequently serve.

When Kylen returns to the familiar world of parsec administration and sector court society, he hopes for a return to normalcy as well, but it is not to be. Reckless scientists conducting dangerous experiments with time, a murder investigation close to home, and visiting officials from off-planet all vie for Kylen's attention as a parsec administrator and as a once-leading researcher of temporal physics. Even more concerning, however, is his son.

Leeander Varien grows and learns quickly, never cries, never misses a shot… There are things about him even his Starchild genes cannot explain. Kylen is approached by a secret order to assist in the investigation of a plot which reaches the highest levels of government, and much to his horror, he soon learns Leeander is a casualty-or perhaps a result-of this plot. Who is behind this? What could they possibly hope to achieve in tampering with the genetics of unborn children? What will this mean for the Antarian Sphere, Kylen's family, and the young son he so desperately wants to protect? There is darkness in the void, and in it, something stirs.