Bøger i Cocytus serien

How can you save mankind when the odds against you are at least a million to one?Earth is not mankind's only home. Centuries ago, a group of humans left Earth and developed a flourishing society, and in time they forgot about their home world, whose inhabitants had gotten no farther into space than their own moon.These star-travelling humans suffered a horrific fate. The dominant empire in the galaxy, the Ipis, attacked. Deserted by their allied species, humanity's armies were crushed and their civilization annihilated. Simply being human was considered a capital crime in the Ipis Empire.Seven years ago, Dante Carloman was abducted from Earth, along with hundreds of others, by Ipis scientists who had kept their endeavors secret. After overcoming his captors, he built a small society on the frozen world of Cocytus, while the Earth, on the fringe of the galaxy, remained unknown. Ipis marauders, searching for human enclaves, found the Earth and pounced.Until then, Dante had no idea where in the galaxy the world of his birth was until that invasion. With over a billion of Earth's population already murdered by the Ipis, his options were slim. He had to depend on a relief armada from an alliance that didn't exist a year ago, unite a planet of humans who hadn't agreed on anything since they crawled out of the swamp, and defeat an enemy that hadn't lost a significant battle in over a hundred and twenty years.Dante was willing to make a deal with the devil to save his species from extinction.

Dante Carloman is a computer geek who finds himself leading a small colony marooned on a barren planet. The daily life of these humans is a struggle for survival against both the elements and an alien species, they call harpies, who are bent on their eradication. On the world the human colony named 'Cocytus', Dante uncovers unnerving clues linking humans to the harpies dating back to Earth's early civilizations. In order to solve this mysterious relationship, he must delve into the long-forgotten memories of an ancient artificial intelligence and deal with other alien species who seem to step from the pages of mythological legends. Captured and sent to a world designed for the slow tortured death of the harpies' enemies, Dante discovers astounding truths about mankind's role in the galaxy. With only his wits as a weapon, He finds a chink in the aliens' all-encompassing control. But he must summon the courage to face an enemy who has not known defeat in a millennium. That tenuous chance will either save them or doom humanity to annihilation. Humans, satyrs, centaurs and rocs working together in a bizarre melding of needs and expectations results in a gripping adventure laced with humor. It is a fast-paced novel that redefines what we think of as life.