Evan Marshall has come too far to turn back now. The Ascendant has shown him the truth about the Makers, the war, and the ancient power that still echoes across two galaxies. Now there's only one place left to go. The Zero. The empires are closing in, the Null Guard has paid in blood, and every faction in the galaxy wants what's hidden at the heart of it all. Whoever reaches the Zero first won't just win the war. They'll decide whether it ever ends.