The Vault of Finished Goods

The Vault of Finished Goods is a standalone novella – one that may be read as an independent tale or as a lyrical continuation of the To the Stars trilogy. Those who have already walked this world will recognize familiar faces. Those who enter it for the first time will discover an entirely new path. After the Great Galactic Battle, Smorg, a gentle and guileless member of an extinct race, returns to his desolate homeworld. Beneath the ashes of oblivion, he hopes to find the legendary treasury where the smorgs once kept the finest creations of their history. Together with Arma, the sharp-witted, ironic artificial intelligence of the starship Armaon, Smorg sets out on a journey through the ruins of a fallen civilization, seeking to touch the memory of the past and perhaps uncover something far more precious than cut gemstones. This is a story of searching, of legacy, of friendship and quiet bravery, and of how the greatest treasures are never hidden in vaults, but carried in the heart.