The Singularity Covenant

Synopsis

In the vast expanse of the Helix Confederation, a fragile alliance of star systems held together by trade routes and uneasy treaties, an unassuming cargo-runner named Farro Bagg discovers a relic unlike anything the galaxy has seen: the Null Shard, a crystalline artifact forged by the ancient tyrant Mordax during the First Dark Age. The Shard contains a collapsed fragment of a primordial black hole, giving it the power to bend spacetime itself — and whoever wields it can rewrite the laws of physics across entire sectors. But the Shard whispers. It corrupts. It promises. Farro's mentor, the wandering physicist and outlaw sage Gander, reveals the terrible truth: the Null Shard must be flown into the Maw — a supermassive black hole at the galaxy's core — and destroyed before the resurgent Mordaxian Empire, commanded by the spectral warlord known as the Hollow, reclaims it. Farro assembles an unlikely fellowship: his fiercely loyal mechanic Samwell, hotshot cousins Merrick and Pip, the scarred ranger Arak (last scion of the Confederation's founding dynasty), the proud warrior-pilot Gimra, the enigmatic navigator Legan, and the conflicted soldier Borrus, who serves a crumbling planetary government desperate for the Shard's power. Hunted across nebulae, betrayed inside space stations, and fractured by temptation, the fellowship splinters. Farro and Samwell press toward the Maw guided by the hollow-eyed fugitive Gollim, who once bonded with the Shard. Meanwhile Arak must reclaim a dying empire's trust and unite fractured fleets for one final stand. Themes of corrupting power, the courage of the unremarkable, industrial exploitation of star systems, and the bonds that survive impossible darkness drive this epic across the stars.