With an unstoppable foe advancing on the Elakri homeworld, its leaders face an impossible choice: stand, fight and die, or risk everything on one daring, impossible chance to survive the enemy's onslaught. But when terrorists kidnap the scientist at the heart of their plan, a retired spy must confront the demons of his past in order to give his people that chance.

For readers of the AMARANTHE series, Extinguishing the Stars is a prequel to "The Universe Within," taking place some 9,000 years before the novel.