Legacy Bound (The Forever Children, #1)

Is immortality worth fighting for?A retired High Admiral certainly thinks so. But when Exeter Woolsey returns to his peaceful lake house on Aeterna after a lifetime of savage war and betrayal, he soon realizes that his people, two thousand bioengineered immortals, question the cost of eternal life. With no way to reproduce, many What is the joy in living forever if they cannot pass down a legacy?

As Exeter tries to appease his discontented people, his own family becomes entangled in dangerous ambitions. His spouse seeks to contact the reclusive alien intelligence which terraformed Aeterna into a paradise, but those actions have disastrous consequences.

Meanwhile, Exeter’s obsessive godson Danny Cooper wants to make a treasonous deal with questionable outside forces in order to rescue his famous father, who disappeared long ago. He risks everything even as his young wife gives birth to twins.

While Exeter struggles to keep the peace and protect his loved ones, forces inside the planet prepare to pass judgment on the Aeternans, while the drums of galactic war beat louder.

Can Exeter hold his people together and find solace amid a rising tide of forces seen and unseen? If not, a lousy retirement will be the least of his concerns.

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Legacy Bound begins the final series in the epic 29-book Collectorate saga. It's a great launching point, even if you haven't read the previous books.