Howling Dark (Sun Eater)

Hadrian Marlowe is lost.

For half a century, he has searched the farther suns for the lost planet of Vorgossos, hoping to discover a way to contact the elusive alien Cielcin.  He has pursued false leads for years among the barbarian Normans as captain of a band of mercenaries, but Hadrian remains determined to make peace and bring an end to nearly four hundred years of war.

Desperate to find answers, Hadrian must venture beyond the security of the Solian Empire and among the Extrasolarians who dwell between the stars.  There, he will face not only the aliens he has come to offer peace, but contend with creatures that once were human, with traitors in his midst, and with a meeting that will bring him face to face with the oldest enemy of mankind.

If he succeeds, he will use her in a peace unlike any in recorded history.  If he fails, the galaxy will burn.