Chris Heinicke

Core Shifter Chris Heinicke

Rosamunde Cruz spins her ever-increasing web of control over both the galaxy and the future of humanity when she authorizes the death of a galactic traitor-and her soon-to-be very ex-husband-Tobias.



Meanwhile, in a desperate race against time, Hendrix, Caree, and her newborn son, Phoenix, must awaken the last of Hendrix's species and recruit the powerful shapeshifters' aid in freeing Axel, Ellie, and the galaxy's supply of Stardrives imprisoned on Amasis.



The nightmarish hold of the parasitic hoard of mind-eaters infesting the planet is strong, and the powerful shifters are the natural predator of the vampiric species. But the shifters are exhausted from being hunted until near-extinction and being hidden from the galaxy for nearly three centuries.



Will Hendrix and the shifters defeat their ancient enemy and save the birthplace of Stardrives and the rest of the galaxy? Or is awakening the mimetic species a greater threat to galactic peace than even Rosamunde Cruz?