Into The Great Darkness

Table of contents

Table of contents THE JELLIES Birth Of Empire. The Alien Smile. Breakout. The Pirates. The Seeding. All The Condemned. THE MOON RINGS LETTERS FROM THE GREAT DARKNESS THE OWC’s RETURN Thank You. About The Author. Other Books By The Author.

From AgriPrime 1, the home planet of the Agri race the twelve Honourable Growers ran every aspect of their citizen’s lives throughout the immense Agri Empire.

The Empire had developed rapidly for close to a thousand years, successfully driven by the twin beliefs;

One, that long ago in ancient times ‘The Great Maker’ had decreed that the Agris had the supreme right to expand throughout the Great Darkness of the galaxy!

Two, that they were the only intelligent beings in existence. True, it could not be denied that lesser life forms existed but they were no more than ‘Infestations’ that at most hindered the seeding of the farming worlds that produced food to feed the clamouring trillions of the Agri Empire.

Eventually, far out near the rim the Agris discovered a blue planet, only marginally useful for planting because it was mostly covered in water. Nevertheless, destroying the primitive culture on the world during seeding would make the Agris question their very existence and long held convictions...