Dark Skies (Russian Novel)

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Dark Skies is a Russian science fiction novel [Tiomnyie Nebesa, Тёмные Небеса (Russian)], the fourth of the Arrivals from the Dark pentalogy by Mihail Ahmanov, preceded by Invasion, Retaliation, and Fighters of Danveyt.

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At the start of the 24th century, Earth Federation enters into conflict with a powerful enemy, the non-humanoid Dromi. Their star empire is vast, and they outnumber the combined population of Earth and its colonies by a factor of ten. They do not fear death and never retreat. A Dromi clan attacks and occupies T'har - an outer colony near the Void, formerly colonized by humans. An attempt to retake the planet meets with failure. Lieutenant Mark Valdez, the sole survivor of the Earth fleet sent to T'har, ends up on the planet - his homeworld. He appears there during a crucial time, when everyone and everything he remembers and cares about is standing on the brink of destruction.