Humans accused of a Galaxy massacre. The truth is worse. And better. HFY thriller with a heart of gold.
An alien warned Earth said "Run, the shroud is coming." Humanity built a trap, farmed it for energy, resurrected the dead, and discovered the shroud was just lonely. We didn't fight the darkness. We hugged it.
The Federation betrayed the human race after we saved them. They took our ships, our tech, our future. So we took their fuel, their money, their fleet, their food, and their history. And a museum.
A human captain breaks into the galaxy's most secret vault and finds her ancestors' bones. The archive erased humanity 40,000 years ago. Now it's screaming.
