The Devil's Heart - Carmen Carter
Prologue
Iconia was dead.
The planet itself would remain intact until its sun went nova, but the world he had known, the soft tissue of life rooted on the fragile mantle, had already been destroyed. Constant weapons bombardment had vaporized its shallow seas, incinerated its verdant plains, and eradicated all who had once inhabited its surface.
Barbarians.
Kanda Jiak swayed on his feet as yet another tremor rocked the Gateway chamber.
The station was shielded against detection and proof ...