Dawn of the Paladin

When a transport ship tears apart in the sky above Salanan, it looks like a meteor shower. It is but a massacre. Loran has led the Paladin for nineteen years, keeping peace across three worlds through diplomacy and the ancient practice of Jun-Tu. But a new enemy is rising, armed with weapons that punch perfect holes through flesh and bone. They are guided by a mind that can kill from a thousand kilometers away. Mogul commands the Shune with an iron grip, building an arsenal powered by stolen ouj and fueled by decades of rage. But even he answers to someone: his mother, Madrak, a woman whose psychic power is matched only by her cruelty. She broke her son at eleven years old. Now she intends to break everything else. As Loran discovers abilities he never knew existed and his son Tet races to engineer defenses against weapons no armor can stop, a generation of women begins discovering powers that have been hidden, and feared, for centuries. The Paladins are awakening. But so is something far older and far darker. And Madrak hasn't even left her cave yet. Dawn of the Paladin: The Arms Race is a sweeping science fiction saga of fathers and sons, ancient traditions and devastating technology, and the terrifying question that is a product of every war: what are you willing to become in order to survive?