Sky Of Diamonds

In space even the hottest blood runs cold.A trillionaire recluse.An eccentric old man.An Amazonian former Marine.A young seemingly innocent girl.A racketeers bodyguard.They all are driven by strange desires: lust forpower money and more; goaded by dark instinct driven to secrecy hiding inplain sight among the Confederacys trillions of ordinary humans.With the Grugell war decades in the past a tentativeand fragile peace has settled over the Confederacy. In the midst of this long period of peace prosperity and exploration evidence of an ancient legend hasresurfaced. Are the apparently immortal Elites monsters or guides? Predators or teachers? Wellsprings of evil or fonts of wisdom?Do the Elite themselves even know the answers?From the wards of a Confederate Navy hospitalship to an outlaw world to a burgeoning new colony the Elite are slowly making their presence felt. The Confederacy and indeed humanity itself willnever again be the same.