Ladder to the Sun

When a claimant to the Emperor's throne is announced, Shakbout knows that the past has trapped him again. He is the only person who can stop the process without risking a return to a devastating war in the Inhabited Systems.The problem is that there are a lot of lifeforms who are ready to stop any attempt to do so. Shakbout, Asher, Lincoln and Hiral will have to fight every inch of the way to have any chance of success.Soon, Shakbout finds himself travelling back to his past... and into the heart of a conspiracy that holds the horrifying truth about the spoils of war. I have loved reading since I was able to do so. I have thrown myself headlong into stories and they have brought me deep joy and lasting comfort and happiness. Since 2009 I have written about what I have read at my blog https://dancingwithskeltons.blogspot.com. I started to write because there was a story I wanted to tell; a story I had not yet read anywhere else. I wrote the story and put it aside, but it was unfinished business and did not rest easy.Finally, I started again and this time the story was the one I wanted to tell, and it developed into a trilogy, The Spoils of War, Bottle Born Blues is the first part. The Spoils Of War, a science fiction series by Conor H. Carton.