Introduction: After his family is massacred, a young noble must fight to stay alive and prove his worth so he may join the Pinnacle Order.Book I:Kaldratos Tenebrius is a noble, of a breed that has ruled and burned the universe a thousand times over. His father''s power and military might has kept him sheltered and protected for all of his life. He is intelligent, believes himself to be just and does not know how fragile his own life is. No power in all the worlds is enough to save him from reality.When an old enemy comes to settle the score with his father, Magnus Tenebrius, death follows. After losing his home, his friends and his family, he is abducted by a man he hardly knows. That man offers him a choice. Wallow in grief, die in the quiet, or be something more. Stolen from his peaceful life, Kaldratos must overcome his peers who want nothing more than to end his family. He must brave battles and repent for the sins of his father who abandoned his own soldiers. But, more than anything else, he must overcome his own sorrow at having been the sole survivor. The machinations of his enemy mean nothing if he is so broken that they need not move against him.Kaldratos Tenebrius must rise and achieve his ultimate glory: A Conquest of the Stars.--Update Schedule: Weekly, every Friday....