Darwin's theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no being or species has been specifically created; all are locked into a pitiless struggle for existence, with extinction looming for those not fitted...
The start of a galactic-spanning series, there is no justice without the Forge.
The nanomachine overlords who control this star-sized factory have mobilized the human race in a war of survival against the Khrivian Hive. The war has now dragged on...