"Two boys. Two destinies. One Empire at stake."

S.A. Melia’s gripping sequel to Born of Empire delivers the high-octane action, intricate intrigue, and heart-pounding twists fans of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, Frank Herbert’s Dune, and Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game crave.

In the vast twelve-planet dominion of the Dodecahedral Empire, Prince Teodor—the Emperor’s only heir—has been kidnapped by rogue cyborgs. With the Empire teetering on the brink of chaos, the question looms: who commanded the attack, and why?

Two boys collide in a fight for survival.

Guy Erma, a teen blades fighter from the streets of London, dreams of joining the Dome Militant. But when he’s offered a place, the price is loyalty to a man hiding dangerous secrets.
Prince Teodor, imprisoned and trained for hardship, must summon every ounce of his courage and skill to escape his captors and reclaim his throne.

When their fates intertwine, the future of the Empire rests on their ability to navigate a web of loyalty, betrayal, and impossible odds.

Praise for Son of Empire:
????? “An enthralling sci-fi saga blending humor with heartbreak, impossible to put down.”
????? “A brilliantly crafted world, alive with deceit and intrigue.”
????? “Captivating characters amid a maze of lies, betrayal, and corruption.”

Fans of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, Frank Herbert’s Dune, and Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game will love this thrilling space opera. Readers of Iain M. Banks’ The Player of Games, Glynn Stewart’s The House of Adamant, Fred Hughes’ The Prince of Britannia series, and Andrew Moriarty’s Decline and Fall of the Galactic Empire will be drawn into a richly imagined universe full of cybernetic warriors, alien worlds, and high-stakes adventure.

Dive into the Dodecahedral Empire today, and join Guy Erma and Prince Teodor as they fight for survival, justice, and the stars!

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The greatest scientific challenge of our age wasn’t to enable time travel, it was to prevent it. The laws of physics had turned out to be idiotic, erecting no barriers to hopping time. In fact, they make it hard to avoid. Joad Bevan works for the Time Management Agency, an organization charged with the near-hopeless task of ensuring that the world sticks to the sacred rule of One Second Per Second, and that history unfolds according to plan. But he quickly discovers that there is no plan until he makes one.

"I thoroughly enjoyed it—a terrific Time romp that takes a hefty mallet to the Butterfly Theory and leaves it splattered in the road. Really good read."
— Rob Grant, co-creator of the Red Dwarf television series

"Unwin seems to have had quite a lot of fun engineering the plot’s Mobius strip twists and turns .... [The hero’s] refreshing attitude helps wind the mainspring of an SF subgenre that’s grown a bit lax from overuse.... If Michael Crichton’s 1999 novel Timeline had starred as astringent a lead character as Joad, maybe its 2003 movie adaptation would have been better.... Original touches and a misanthropic protagonist keep this clever time-travel tale ticking along nicely."
— Kirkus Reviews

What readers are saying:
????? "... skillful layering of plot and character development and emotional connection while keeping things tight."
????? "It's one of my new favorites in the [time travel] genre, destined for several re-reads."
????? "A really interesting take on time travel that hasn't been done before."
????? "Kept me up at night reading way too long."
????? "Very unexpected story. It has a smooth flow and the characters are spot on."
????? "... one hell of a good story. I could not put it down once I started."
????? "... not only was the writing solid but the characters were great ... original plot, great romance and great ending."
????? "... unravels some conventional ideas about time and history."
????? "... a ripping read."
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MAROONED BEYOND THE EDGE OF CIVILIZATION
Deserted on a lawless backwater by his former employer, Terson Reilly faces stark choices: become mercenary cannon fodder when his money runs out, buy passage aboard another shady ship and hope the crew doesn’t cut his throat, or help the grifter who got him grounded in the first place find a treasure-laden derelict. The latter choice appears the lesser of three evils.
It would have been better for everyone if they hadn’t found it.