Look to the Stars

When the tolerant, idealistic Empire that long guaranteed the peace of Mana is on the verge of defeat by dark forces obsessed with purity and segregation, a sister and brother set out on a quest across three continents to rescue their diverse world. Sora, a famous warrior mage, seeks to rally uncommitted nations of humans, elves, dwarves, halflings, and mixed forms to fight together before all perish divided; her brother Mars, a bumbling scholar, has an even more audacious goal: to find an ancient relic that will call down the legendary dragons said to live on the three moons. Between bickering and saving each other’s lives, the siblings accumulate a party of unlikely heroes, from a gigantic foul-mouthed pirate to a cynical halfling thief, a knife-spinning sandfolk nomad to an out-of-her-depth princess-diplomat, a magic-wielding feral child to a gentle priest with a brutal past. But what they find at the end of the world is not allies or dragons—it is contact with a high-tech, spacefaring civilization hiding in orbit around their planet, fleeing an even greater interstellar danger and seeking refuge on their world …

Look to the Stars is Game of Thrones meets Battlestar Galactica, an unprecedented mix of epic high fantasy and adventurous, idea-driven sci-fi. Featuring unforgettable and nuanced characters, pulsating adventure and humor, gritty and realistic emotions, complex lore and history and intrigue, and mind-bending ideas, this series will reshape the literary and fantasy/sci-fi landscapes, first in print and eventually on the screen. Currently in production by J. Scott Howes & M.J. Kolsky. Coming soon!