The Outer Realm: A Realm War Novel

A fragile armistice is collapsing. And on a mining world no one remembers, a servant girl has just picked up something she was never meant to touch.Seventeen-year-old Nola Nislei has lived her entire life on Lithos, a brutal mining world in the no-man's-land between two rival empires. Orphaned by war. Raised in servitude. Trained, quietly, to fight.Then an escape pod falls from the sky. Inside are two bodies, and a silvery medallion that seems to know her before she knows herself.Within days, an Imperial strike force is hunting her across the stars. The Empress has issued a direct order: capture the girl alive. And a shattered Nexus prescient who has not been seen in seventeen years has come to collect her first.As the Ore Belt burns, Nola is pulled into a conflict shaped by ancient bloodlines, hidden powers, and a secret she has carried her entire life without knowing it.Perfect for fans of James S.A. Corey's Leviathan Wakes and Frank Herbert's Dune, bestselling author Rick Campbell's Book 7 of the Nexus House series opens an all-new arc—The Realm War—and the ideal entry point into an epic space opera where prescience is a weapon, empires keep their cruelest secrets alive, and bloodlines decide the war.___________________Praise for the Nexus House series:“…a new far-future, military sci-fi series...”—Library Journal“…a testament to mankind's determination to triumph against all odds.” —Chris Pourteau, bestselling author of the award-winning SynCorp Saga“If you’re a fan of epic sci-fi, Campbell will not disappoint.” —Raquel Byrnes, author of The Memory Bank