Secrets Of A Dark Universe by Arin Lavery

The Empire is collapsing, the mission is doomed, and reality is tearing apart. Captain Jonahs, enjoying a miserable retirement on Earth, is pulled back into service for one last assignment: delivering an experimental scanner to a distant star system aboard his barely spaceworthy ship, the Hope. However, his mission quickly becomes a fight for survival when Julia Vardon, the Empire's decorated hero and ruthless political climber, attempts to scuttle the operation to keep a terrible secret hidden.

• Adventure in a collapsing Empire setting.
• Follows Captain Jonahs as he navigates political intrigue and danger.
• Features a skeleton crew aboard the patchwork ship, the Hope.
• Explores themes of survival against a ruthless political operative.

• Author: Arin Lavery
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Publication Date: June 17, 2026
• Print Length: 398 pages
• Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 24mm (15.24 x 22.86 x 2.39 cm)
• Item Weight: 671 g
• ISBN-13: 979-8198400221
• Publisher: Independently published

• #167 in Galactic Empire
• #420 in Science Fiction Space Operas
• #522 in Science Fiction Adventure (Books)

Dive into this gripping Science Fiction Adventure where Captain Jonahs must use all his cunning to survive the collapse of civilization and thwart Julia Vardon's deadly agenda.