Echoes of the Forgotten Star

Previously

…He pushed the Stardust Drifter harder, the ship groaning in protest as it navigated the treacherous debris field. The pursuit was relentless, a deadly game of cat and mouse played out amongst the silent, tumbling giants of space. But Aris Thorne, the seasoned explorer, the man who had faced down the unknown more times than he could count, felt a flicker of something akin to exhilaration. Vane had found them. And now, the chase was truly on. He knew, with a certainty that settled deep in his bones, that this was only the beginning. The shadow of Silas Vane had fallen upon them, but it would not extinguish their light. Not yet.