The Red Omen: A Luminari Expanse Novella (The Luminari Expanse)

The red light in the sky grows larger every day. No one knows what it means. Everyone fears it. When a massive prison ship descends on the Sylvarian kingdom, its crew moves with ruthless efficiency—capturing villagers, harvesting crops, loading everything into their holds. Taan, a simple gardener, watches helplessly as armed invaders storm through his world, caging his neighbors and pillaging their jungle. He and his friend Kreev barely escape their nets. When the invaders raid the royal spire and capture Princess Ahnya, Taan joins a desperate mission to infiltrate the ship and rescue their people. But inside the alien vessel, nothing makes sense. The ship's holds are filled with creatures from other worlds. The crew works with desperate urgency, racing against the clock. The red omen overhead—the crimson star that has haunted the Sylvarian sky for days—continues to swell and pulse with unnatural light. They must discover what the invaders know. Taan must free his people before it's too late. And the red light overhead may hold the answer to why the invaders came—and what they're running from. First contact from both sides — the people being taken and the crew taking them, all while the red light in the sky grows brighter. The Red Omen is where honor, hope, and the will to survive collide with impossible choices.