Scales of Empire

An exciting new adventure filled with diverse characters, strong heroes and heroines and wild creatures from the bestselling author of White Tiger. Corporal Jian Choumaliis on the mission of a lifetime - security officer on one of Earth's huge generation ships, fleeing Earth's failing ecosystem to colonise a distant planet.The ship encounters a technologically and culturally advanced alien empire, led by a royal family of dragons. The empire's dragon emissary offers her aid to the people of Earth, bringing greater health, longer life, and faster-than-light travel to nearby stars.But what price will the peopleof Earth have to pay for the generous alien assistance?In this first book in a brand new series, Kylie Chan brings together pacey, compelling storytelling and an all-too-possible imagined future in atale packed with action, adventure, drama and suspense.Praise for Kylie Chan's Dark Heavens series:'Asmart, entertaining read' Australian SpecFic'Afast paced novel with liberal quantities of romance, action and fantasy ... arich tapestry of culture, action and love and makes for goodentertainment' OzHorrorScope