Symarion: Call of the Void.

Anthony Stewards, a disillusioned and reclusive AI programmer, has been invited to partake in a secretive Exodus Program. The creation of a Colony ship disguised as a test-bed for a new generation of Drive system, the INC ( International Cooperative ) Hope. It offered him hope for a new tomorrow, the creation of a better world and, if nothing else, the freedom to create an AI like no other. But things seldom turn out the way they were intended, and so a journey that should have taken a few hundred years, has turned into thousands. And when Anthony awakens from his long slumber aboard the INC Hope, he is the only soul remaining on a broken vessel. With Crew and Colonists gone, and only one sub-vessel remaining, Anthony sets out to find the remaining crew, but instead comes across an Alien species posing as Human's, and soon discovers that the world he knew had long gone. Replaced with a universe at war with itself, ignorant of the greater threat on the Horizon, and a plot of something ancient that refuses to permit the very idea of life. ( A.N. ) My first Novel attempt and first Alternate timeline approach to a grander scheme I have in mind. Be aware, chapters marked with (e) contain sexual themes which may be mere but direct mentioning of such acts, to all out sex. Any constructive criticism is welcome as I am looking to improve, and this tale is already in it's second Iteration with plenty doubts about the validity of my approach. Edit 12.01.26 : Sexual content will likely be plenty, more or less, but is not the entire focus of this tale. Edit15.01.26 : altered the use of *usher* in verbal context in all current chapter -_- Edit 11.02.26 Slowdown in chapter posts due to work. — Description from novelcodex.org