“Impossible.” That was the word by which a god died.
The Last Angel
opens with the death of a Chariot, the most powerful type of spaceship created by the Compact, an ever-expanding empire of galactic races that seeks to conquer and absorb humanity into their ranks. No one has ever defeated a Chariot...that is, until a murderous abomination of a ship called Nemesis — known to its enemies only as “The Wound” — comes from seemingly nowhere and takes out entire fleets with shocking levels of firepower and cunning.
However, one Compact ship escapes this dreadful fate with information on Earth's coordinates, leading to the near-eradication of humanity. Two thousand years later, the AI-piloted Nemesis still wanders the galaxy, crewless and horribly damaged, yet still striking terror into the Compact by hunting their fleets down and spitefully inflicting as much damage and destruction as it possibly can.
By this time, humans—alongside other “young” alien races—have been culturally subverted into loyal citizens of the Compact. A training ship of such individuals, Bequeathed, happens upon the seemingly derelict Nemesis, not knowing what it is they've found, nor can they expect the horrors in store once they attempt to board the ship and salvage its technology...
