Histria Books is pleased to announce the release of Challenges of the Deeps (Arenaverse Book 3) by Ryk E. Spoor. This Collector’s Edition is published by Histria SciFi & Fantasy, an imprint of Histria Books encompassing outstanding, innovative works in the genres of science fiction and fantasy.
The climax of the Arenaverse adventure SF series!
The Arena: a vast alien other space that all species were forced to enter when they discovered faster-than-light travel. The Arena: where the lives of entire species might hang in the balance in a single Challenge. The Arena: filled with mysteries, alliances, betrayals, opportunities, and hideous dangers for individual and empire alike. And the only thing you couldn’t do…was refuse to play the Arena’s game. Ariane Austin and her crew had learned these lessons the hard way, and – with luck, skill, and sheer will, had managed to survive so far. But now a debt of honor to Humanity’s oldest, if sometimes self-serving, ally, Orphan, has come due. The threat of war looms with the xenophobic Molothos, one of the five Great Factions; the dark and omnipresent legacy of the Hyperion Experiment lingers. As Leader of the Faction of Humanity, Captain Ariane Austin had to deal with all of these problems, and deal with them soon. For within her was also the alien power that the Shade weavers and the Faith had sealed away – with a seal that would not last forever.
Ryk E. Spoor was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and has lived in South Dakota, Georgia, New York, and Pennsylvania, he became a playtesting consultant and writer for the Wizards of the Coast, the leading publisher of role-playing games and related novels. He now lives in East Greenbush, NY, working as a technical proposal writer for a high-tech R&D firm, and spending his non-writing time with his wife and sons.