Shepherd Moon, 2nd Edition

A nuclear catastrophe nearly destroys Earth, but humanity survives and rebuilds into a prosperous civilization spanning centuries. Now explorers venture into the galaxy seeking undiscovered worlds and new beginnings. They find more than expected: evidence of intelligent alien life, strikingly similar to humanity in culture and nature. Yet this groundbreaking discovery reveals an unsettling parallel—these extraterrestrials face their own imminent war, a civilization teetering on the edge of collapse. A space opera inspired by the visionary works of J. Michael Straczynski, Larry Niven, David Brinn, E.E. (Doc) Smith, Iain M. Banks, and George Lucas.