Volume 1: Hidden Empire should be out in mass market paperback now and Volume 2: A Forest of Stars is out in hardcover.
I'm about 300 or so pages into A Forest of Stars. Volume 2 picks up 5 years after volume 1 ends. Several plot threads continue to develop with returning characters from volume 1 and a few new faces.
The Hydrogues have begun scouting planets for one of their ancient enemies, the Verdani, looking to finish an ancient war. Humans and Ildirans are just nats to be swatted.
The Wentals finally make an appearance, they are a water-based sentient species that fought the Hydrogues 10,000 years ago. Are they the allies the humans need to battle the Hydrogues or are they just another powerful species looking to dominate the galaxy?
Anderson has the titles up to Volume 5 listed on his website now and in an interview stated that this would be a 6 or 7 volume series. Turning out one volume a year. <i></i>
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