The Expanding Gyre Audiobook - Flame Tree Publishing

“The Widening Gyre is the best Space Opera I have read in years.” — Dance on the Cemetery Online

Eight hundred years ago, the Zhen Empire discovered a derelict human colony ship drifting on the outskirts of their space. The Zhen gave humans a place to live and incorporated them into their Empire as a client state. But it wasn't easy. Not all Zhen were willing to accept another species into their Empire, and humans faced persecution. For centuries, human languages and history were banned as the Zhen tried to mold humans in their image. Earth and the cultures it nurtured for millennia were forgotten, little more than legends.

As one of the first humans allowed to serve in the Zhen army, Tajen Hunt became a war hero at the Battle of Elkari, the only human to be officially named a Hero of the Empire. He was given command of a task force and sent to carry out the Empire's orders in their war with the mysterious Tabrans. But when he failed a crucial mission, causing the deaths of millions, he resigned in disgrace and disappeared into a life as a solitary, independent pilot.

When Tajen discovers that his brother Daav was killed by Imperial agents, he, his niece, and a newly hired crew set out to complete his brother's mission: to find Earth, the legendary homeland of humanity. What they discover will shatter 800 years of peace in the Empire and start a war that could be the end of the human race.

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