Abysm

ABYSM

A
URORA
R
ENEGADES: 
B
OOK
T
HREE

G
.
S
.
J
ENNSEN

2016

ABYSM

Copyright © 2016 by G. S. Jennsen

Cover design by Josef Bartoň

Cover typography by G. S. Jennsen

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Abysm / G. S. Jennsen.—1
^st
ed.

LCCN 2016945005

ISBN 978-0-9973921-2-8

To Mark, for my mind
To Linda, for my heart

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Many thanks to my beta readers, editors and artists, who made everything about this book better, and to my family, who continue to put up with an egregious level of obsessive focus on my part for months at a time.

I also want to add a personal note of thanks to everyone who has read my books, left a review on Amazon, Goodreads or other sites, sent me a personal email expressing how the books have impacted you, or posted on social media to share how much you enjoyed them. You make this all worthwhile, every day.

A
URORA
R
HAPSODY

is

AURORA RISING

S
TARSHINE

V
ERTIGO

T
RANSCENDENCE

AURORA RENEGADES

S
IDESPACE

D
ISSONANCE

A
BYSM

AURORA RESONANT

R
ELATIVITY (2017)

R
UBICON (2017)

R
EQUIEM (2018)

SHORT STORIES

R
ESTLESS,
V
OL.
I
  • 
R
ESTLESS,
V
OL.
II
A
POGEE  •  
S
OLATIUM
V
ENATORIS

Learn more at:
What Is Aurora Rhapsody?
See a Timeline of the
Aurora Rhapsody
universe in the
Appendix
, located at the back of the book.

Colonized Worlds Map can be viewed online at:
Map - Abysm

Portal Network Map can be viewed online at:
Mosaic Map - Abysm

The Dramatis Personae and Alienorum can be viewed online at:
Characters - Abysm

S
YNOPSIS

A
URORA
R
ISING

For a more detailed summary of the events of Aurora Rising, see the
Appendix
or view the
Aurora Rising Detailed Synopsis
online.

T
HE HISTORY OF HUMANITY
is the history of conflict. This proved no less true in the 24
^th
century than in ancient times.

By 2322, humanity inhabited over 100 worlds spread across a third of the galaxy. Two decades earlier, a group of colonies had rebelled and set off the First Crux War. Once the dust cleared, three factions emerged: the Earth Alliance, consisting of the unified Earth government and most of the colonies; the Senecan Federation, which had won its independence in the war; and a handful of scattered non-aligned worlds, home to criminal cartels, corporate interests and people who made their living outside the system.