The civil war in the galaxy is slowly dying down—the Holy Church and the Great Houses are quietly gathering strength for a new showdown over the possession of the Throne that has been freed. A small advertisement caught the eye of the leader of the reborn Brotherhood—Sam Lucius—bringing his ship to an outer-world planet under the rule of churchmen, who, as it turns out, not only produce banned electronic components but also conduct experiments to create war machines, connecting living people with dead matter.
Space and ground battles, virtual worlds, betrayals and intrigues—everything is in the third book of the “Sign of the Basilisk” series: “Brotherhood: The Burnt Opal.”