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A Son of the Shadows

On Delta-13, Rex Hunt makes his living stealing from the dead.

The frozen world is littered with technology left behind by an extinct alien civilization. Rex scavenges what he can and sells it on the black market, always one mistake away from an Imperial prison cell.

His greatest find is also his most dangerous secret: Wellesley, a forbidden alien intelligence worth more than everything Rex has ever pulled from the ice.

Then a renowned psychiatrist arrives from Earth to investigate a disturbing outbreak inside Delta-13’s prison. Inmates are losing their minds. The authorities want questions to stop. And a secretive group believes Rex may be the one person who can help uncover why.

Soon Imperial patrols are closing in, trusted allies are keeping secrets, and something inside Rex is beginning to change.

Whatever is happening on Delta-13 is bigger than the prison, and once Rex starts digging, there may be no way back!

A Son of the Shadows is the explosive opening to the Earthborn Saga, where one scavenger’s search for the truth begins a fight that will reach far beyond the frozen world he calls home.

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Series: The Earthborn Saga
Volume: I

Parent Content Advisory

Suggested age: 14+

Category	Rating	What that means
Sex & Nudity	None	No sexual activity, sexual descriptions, or nudity.
Romance	Mild	Flirting, affection, embracing, and kissing. One unwanted kiss occurs and is resisted.
Violence & Gore	Moderate	Recurring fights, weapons, explosions, injuries, and deaths. Some blood, but no graphic gore.
Language & Profanity	None	No conventional profanity. Occasional mild expressions such as “Thank God.”
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking	Mild	Background moonshine use and taverns; one older character occasionally smokes a pipe. No recreational drug use.
Frightening & Intense Content	Moderate	Tense situations, fear-based psychic powers, and ominous dreams and visions. Suspenseful rather than graphic or horror-focused.
Religious & Spiritual Themes	Prominent fictional elements	Psychic powers, visions, an ancient alien religion, priests and shrines, spirits/ghostlike entities, and a seemingly sentient planet. No real-world religion is promoted or attacked.

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More books in the series

The Beast Emerges

About the book

Parent Content Advisory

Suggested age: 14+

Category	Rating	Description
Sex & Nudity	None	No sexual activity, sexual descriptions, or nudity.
Romance	Moderate	Rex and Lily’s relationship deepens, with frequent affection and kissing. Some scenes involve prolonged or passionate kissing, but no sexual activity.
Violence & Gore	Moderate	Frequent action, including gunfights, alien attacks, dangerous creatures, explosions, injuries, and other life-threatening situations. Some blood and serious injuries are described, but there is no graphic gore or gratuitous violence. The overall feel is intense PG-13-style action rather than horror.
Language & Profanity	None	No conventional profanity. Occasional mild expressions involving God or holiness.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking	Mild	Adults occasionally drink wine in formal or social settings, and two adult male characters smoke cigars. No recreational drug use.
Frightening & Intense Content	Moderate	Alien predators, fear-based psychic powers, ominous visions, and tense survival situations. Suspenseful and adventurous rather than horror-focused.
Religious & Spiritual Themes	Prominent fictional elements	Psychic abilities, souls and spirits, living planets, visions, ancient beings, and humanlike “memories” of people who died long ago. These are fictional elements of the science-fiction setting rather than real-world religious teaching.

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III

The Crucible of Titans

About the book

Parent Content Advisory

Suggested age: 14+

Recommended primarily because of frequent action violence, some intense scenes, and mature themes rather than profanity or sexual content. Strong younger teen readers who are comfortable with action-oriented science fiction may also enjoy the book.

Category	Rating	Description
Sex & Nudity	None	No sexual activity, sexual descriptions, or nudity.
Romance	Moderate	Several adult relationships include affection and passionate kissing. Romantic relationships become more prominent, but nothing progresses to sexual activity.
Violence & Gore	Moderate / Frequent	Frequent action including gunfights, space combat, alien attacks, psychic violence, and dangerous creatures. A few battles involving alien creatures include more vivid injuries, and the aftermath of some deaths is described. The story does not dwell on graphic human injuries.
Language & Profanity	None	No conventional profanity. Occasional mild expressions such as “Thank God,” along with ordinary insults and exclamations.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking	Mild	Adults occasionally drink beer or liquor in social and business settings. No recreational drug use or smoking.
Frightening & Intense Content	Moderate	Alien predators, dangerous survival situations, psychic powers, and ominous visions or encounters with strange realms. Suspenseful and sometimes eerie, with an emphasis on adventure rather than horror.
Religious & Spiritual Themes	Prominent fictional elements	Souls, spirits, ancestors, mystics, visions, destiny, psychic abilities, strange realms, and questions about a possible spiritual dimension of reality all appear. These are fictional elements of the science-fiction setting rather than real-world religious teaching.

At a glance

No conventional profanity • No sex or nudity • Moderate romance • Frequent PG-13-style action • Some stronger creature violence • Mild alcohol use • Moderate frightening content • Prominent fictional psychic and spiritual elements

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