The Searcher's Lament

The brighter the light, the greater the darkness. ????Bastion has nothing but his unfailing optimism, kind heart, and smile. An orphan on the famine-struck planet of Ghede, he's as poor and tattered as the planet he lives on, stealing food just to survive. But there's something special about Bastian-something the powerful Lord Balthazar wants-and he'll stop at nothing to possess it and use it for his own evil purposes. ????When Kian wakes up in the trash-filled wasteland of Ghede, he remembers nothing-a broken man with no past, no clue who he is, and no future. Befriended by Rhyz, the two vow to build a spaceship and escape their hopeless existence. However, Kian can't shake the crippling self-doubt of not knowing who he is. So when he meets a mysterious emissary of Lord Balthazar who could hold the key to his past, he and Rhyz embark on a search across the universe for the truth. ????It's a journey that will thrust him in the middle of an epic battle between good and evil, light and darkness. Now the fate of the universe depends on Kian rescuing the blue-eyed orphan imprisoned by Lord Balthazar. But when the secrets of Kian's past are within his grasp, he's faced with an impossible choice?one that might cost him his very soul.