Horizon storms [antikvár]

The Story So FarFor the first test of the Klikiss Torch - a device discovered in the ruins of the ancient alien Klikiss civilization - the Terran Hanseatic League (the Hansa) ignited a gas-giant planet, creating a small sun. The Hansa's suave Chairman BASIL WENCESLAS intended to terraform the gas giant's frozen moons into new colonies. Humanity had spread across many available worlds under the benevolent but reticent watch of the alien Ildiran Empire and its godlike leader, the MAGE-IMPERATOR. The Ildirans, represented by their Solar Navy commander, ADAR KORI'NH, were sceptical about the Torch project, but came to observe the test.When the gas planet was ignited, instant reports were transmitted around the galaxy by BENETO, a 'green priest' from the forested planet Theroc who had a symbiosis with semi-sentient 'worldtrees'. Like living telegraph stations, green priests provide the only form of instant communication across vast distances through the forest network. Back on Earth, OLD KING FREDERICK, a glamorous figurehead ruler, led a celebration of the successful test.1