On Earth, in the desert of Northern Arizona, an experiment risked everything and lost.
Five friends are cast across the cosmos to a strange star system where humans and aliens exist in an uneasy peace preserved by merciless beings worshiped as gods.
Now Alex, a refugee, is carving out a place in the service of Emperor Tamerlane. With his mercenary teacher, he takes on a rescue mission beneath the surface of a volcanic moon to save the daughter of the most powerful man in the star system. With them is Amita who is looking for answers to what happened to the Earth and their guide Tearmai, the mad Drake, who has his own reasons for taking them to a world where his people served as slaves. In darkness and fire, they will discover something waiting to escape.
Meanwhile, on Nalanda Station, at a school for the noble born, Katy is trying to free her friends who are accused of murder. Her eyesight is gone and with only her brother for help, she'll dig for the truth and push back at the lies to find the real killer. She'll risk everything in a place where death isn't always the worst consequence. Will the cost be too high? Find out in Book 3 of The Giant's Shadow, the Voice of Stones.