The Courage to Accept

Four years of research, using the combined knowledge and resources of five species of sentient beings, have brought Alicia MacGregor no closer to understanding how Humanity’s sibling species were brought into existence. Who was responsible for redirecting the natural course of evolution on four living worlds, and why did they do it? Looming over these concerns is the threat of the Faceless, the implacable foes of the Concordance, and now of Humanity as well. The Faceless have vanished without a trace, perhaps in reaction to the appearance of Humans. Are they truly gone? Or are they merely waiting for the right time to strike?