Following <I>Conquest</I>, the first part in a stunning new science fiction trilogy that “should not to be missed” (<I>The Guardian</I>), <I>Empire</I> continues the journey of Syl and Paul as they fight to regain planet Earth from a ruthless alien species.<BR><BR>She is the trophy of a civilization at war with itself.<BR><BR>He is its rebel captive.<BR><BR>Separated by millions of light years, they will fight to be united…<BR><BR>Earth has been conquered and occupied. The war is lost.<BR><BR>The Resistance still fights the invaders, but they are nothing more than an annoyance to the Illyri, an alien race of superior technology and military strength.<BR><BR>When caught, the young rebels are conscripted. Part soldiers, part hostages, they join the Brigades, sent to fight at the edges of the growing Illyri Empire.<BR><BR>Paul Kerr is one such soldier—torn from his home and his beloved Syl Hellais. She is the first alien child born on Earth, a creature of two worlds—and a being possessed of powers beyond imagining. Now both must endure the terrible exile that Syl’s race has deemed just punishment for their love.<BR><BR>But the conquest of Earth is not all it seems.<BR><BR>There is another species involved, known only as the Others, and the Illyri will kill to keep their existence secret.<BR><BR>Light years from Earth and millions of miles apart, Paul and Syl must find a way to reveal the horrifying truth behind the Empire, and save all that they hold dear from the hunger of the Others.<BR><BR>Even at the cost of their own lives…