Children of the Dying Star
A Generation Ship Becomes an EmpireBy Vincent Kestrel
Length12h 28m
About this audiobook
Three hundred years into a one way voyage, the Council declares itself an empire, and the generation ship Anabasis finally has a throne. Then the dying star they fled reappears on the forward telescopes: Bellona, three centuries early, exactly on their heading, and closing. Junior navigator Sabra Oyelaran runs the numbers twice before she believes them. The star is not drifting. Something is moving it, steering it down their throat, and the new Emperor has already begun arresting anyone who asks the wrong questions. Her mother leads the Charter movement fighting to restore the old democratic laws. Her best friend on the Rim deals in answers that never reach the Chart House. None of them will believe her, because believing her means admitting the voyage was never what the founders promised. The only man who listens is the Emperor's own archivist, Aurel Vane, keeper of records he has spent a lifetime hiding. He knows what the founders did. Sabra knows what is coming. Two people. One truth. A ship of thousands running out of time.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy
Length12 hrs 28 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 20, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Star That Should Not Be There
22The Fleet Sorts Its Loyalties
2The First Emperor of a Ship
23A Fixer's Last Deal
3A Moon in the Wrong Place
24Test Fire on the Rim
4The Archive Smells of Dust and Lies
25What Tamsin Would Not Sign
5Water Ration Six
26The Chart House Burns
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6The Rim Fixer
27A Navigator Without a Chart
7The Emperor's Arithmetic
28Aurel Breaks His Own Seal
8The Chapel Below Decks
29The Empire Wants a Victory
9A Granddaughter's Bad Idea
30A Broadcast to Everyone
10The Prefect Comes to the Rim
31The Emperor Summons the Navigator
11The Star Has a Keeper
32Amara's Confession
12Empire Day
33A Mutiny in the Fleet
13What the Charter Actually Said
34Water and Fire
14The Admiral's Offer
35The Archivist Chooses
15A Sister's Bargain
36The Emperor Alone
16The Signal in the Shadow
37A Cousin Comes
17The Emperor's Confession
38The Tug and the Star
18Strike in the Hydroponic Rings
39The Emperor Signs Nothing
19A Deal in the Dark
40The Chart House on the Rim
20The Founders' Ledger
41Children of a Living Star
21Nadia's Copy
42About the Author
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