Mackov is a dreamer By day; a shunned laboratory technologist laboring under the mocking eye of an overbearing manager.By night; an itinerant inventor struggling under the petty rule of a grasping wife. Bynova is an Empress The forceful, yet self-doubting ruler who has lost the love of her life to her greatest rival, Unssa.Now, with the help of a treacherous Imperial Council, Unssa schemes to take the throne as well. Thrown Together These two embattled lives collide in a desperate attempt to stop an onrushing planetoid that threatens to destroy Earth. As Mackov falls into a forbidden love for Bynova, their enemies plot to thwart their efforts, eliminate him, and topple her. A Trilogy... or More! This is the first book in a series that begins with the clash of two cultures and ends in a life-and-death struggle against a heart-less anti-civilization that threatens to take over the entire galaxy.