In 2552, the United Terran Federation governed the world, and Commander Elliot Greyjoy was a highly decorated officer and leader of a special operations hostage rescue team. But when the aliens from the planet Aether land on Earth for First Contact, Elliot faces a new challenge as he tries to protect his world from the Aetherians. As the story unfolds, we meet Aurora, an orphan from Detroit who bears a striking resemblance to the Aetherian Princess Ember Peregrine. When Ember is assassinated and Aether occupies Earth, Elliot leads the evacuation of the planet and takes fifteen thousand of Earth’s best to Safe Haven, a refugee camp on a distant planet. With the help of the stolen Aetherian ship and a smartass AI, Aurora and Elliot set out to stop the Aetherian Emperor’s plans and save the universe from destruction. But can they overcome the challenges ahead and fulfill their destiny? Find out in Aurora Ascending, the thrilling new science fiction military space opera, and the origin story of the New Terrans series. Join Elliot and his crew as they assemble a force for the greatest battle of all time: assaulting the impregnable defenses around Aether. This is the Origin Story of the New Terrans Series, a six-volume space opera of epic proportions. You’ll love this series if you love action, detailed space battles, fleet engagements, ship-to-ship combat, and romance. Elliot’s love of 20th-century science fiction adds a new dimension as he is called on to name alien technologies. It is a tale like the tremendous old Space Operas, with incorruptible heroes and unspeakably evil villains. First contact, planetary occupation, and evacuation are the first trials he must overcome before his quest even begins. Armageddon is only the beginning of the adventure.