Born of Empire: A galaxy-spanning epic where ambition meets survival.

"Born without a past, he’ll fight for a future among the stars."

S.A. Melia’s electrifying debut delivers the pulse-pounding action of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising and the sweeping political drama of Frank Herbert’s Dune. It’s a fast-paced, character-driven space opera that fans of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game and Iain M. Banks’ The Player of Games will find impossible to put down.

Guy Erma, a math prodigy and champion blades fighter, wants nothing more than to join Earth’s planetary defense force, the Dome Militant. But as an unregistered orphan, he’s an outsider with no identity—and no future. That changes when a royal performance spirals into chaos.

Prince Teodor vanishes. Cyborg terrorists attack. The fate of the twelve-planet Dodecahedral Empire hangs by a thread. Suddenly, Guy is humanity’s last hope in a deadly game of power, deception, and survival.

What begins as a quest for a uniform becomes a battle for the very future of the Empire. With every decision, Guy inches closer to uncovering the secrets of his past—and determining the destiny of twelve worlds.

Fans of young adult space opera, futuristic worlds, and high-stakes adventure will love Born of Empire—an unmissable start to an epic new series.