Currents of Oblivion
Herth Cobb is a grizzled, solitary Current-runner, navigating the treacherous, energy-rich Cosmic Currents that crisscross the galaxy. Content to remain on the fringes, Herth and his battered ship, the Stardust Pilgrim, live by the code of non-interference, avoiding galactic politics and emotional ties. His intuitive connection to the Currents makes him one of the few who can master their unpredictable flows, a skill he uses to ferry cargo and stay out of sight.
His carefully constructed isolation shatters when he witnesses a horrific attack on a merchant vessel. Not a conventional pirate raid, but an insidious assimilation by chillingly silent, obsidian-black ships. This new, terrifying force, the Void Hegemony, doesn't destroy—it consumes, draining all life and energy, leaving only dessicated husks.
Narrowly escaping with his life and a cryptic data chip, Herth is thrust into the galactic spotlight. His desperate warnings are met with skepticism until the chip reveals its horrifying contents: undeniable proof of the Hegemony's silent, efficient destruction.
Now, the unlikely and deeply reluctant expert on this existential threat, Herth is tasked with a mission he never wanted: to understand the Void Hegemony and find a way to fight back. His path leads him to Krayt's Passage and the unconventional mind of Dr. Elara Vance, a brilliant but ostracized scientist whose radical theories about the Cosmic Currents might hold the key to uncovering the Hegemony's true nature and their terrifying manipulation of the universe's very fabric.
Forced to confront the complacency of a galaxy unaware of its impending doom, Herth Cobb must shed his drifter's skin and unite disparate forces, starting with a skeptical scientist, to stand against an enemy that threatens not just life, but existence itself. The fate of the galaxy now rests on the shoulders of a man who only ever wanted to be left alone, as he delves deeper into the Currents of Oblivion to avert galactic erasure.