Betrayed by his blood, exiled by the Empire, one man is destined to shatter the stars.Kaelan Verellian was born to rule, until the Eternal Empire branded him a traitor and his own father surrenders him for a fate worse than death. Exiled to the hellish mines of Helios V, Kaelan learns a brutal truth: his life was never his own. He was always a pawn.Now, stripped of title and honor, Kaelan has two choices: die forgotten in the dark…or rise in rebellion against his own family, and against the Empire itself.