Earth has been invaded.

As an ancient and seemingly unstoppable force emerges from the shadows, humanity finds itself facing a threat unlike anything it has ever known. Nations fall, civilization begins to crumble, and those who remain must fight not only for their survival, but for the survival of the human race itself.

At the center of the conflict is Legion, an ancient entity whose influence reaches far beyond Earth and whose connection to the forces destroying the planet may be more significant than anyone realizes.

The Black Earth series tells the beginning of David N. Alderman’s larger fictional universe—a story of war, survival, sacrifice, and humanity's desperate search for a future. As the battle for Earth reaches its final stages, the survivors are forced to abandon the world they once called home and seek refuge among the stars. But escaping a dying planet does not mean escaping the darkness that has brought it to the brink of destruction.