In the far future, humanity is in decline, the soul-possessing Vaylen are advancing, and man's only hope is Faith...

On the distant outpost planet of Hotok, warrior-priest Faith and his elite troop, the Grey Rats, fight a desperate two-front war -- the alien Vaylen invading from the stars, and the decay and corruption they find in Hotok society itself. Shadow Empires is a beautifully painted science fiction epic in the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein!