The Gateway Adventure Series by Brad Stucki

Javin Cox died a soldier. He woke up a Promised One. Now the darkness coming for an alien world has a face — and it knows his name. Two complete novels. One relentless adventure. An alien world on the brink, a villain of terrifying intelligence, and a cosmic darkness that makes everything else look small. The journey starts here.

Javin has a plan . . .

to capture his evil twin, steal back two Articles of Power, and along the way recover his lost memories.

Oh yes, he also has to avenge a murder and save the galaxy from annihilation.

All in a day’s work.

Earth is decimated.

Long live Earth!

Still, Javin fights desperately to save it, knowing it’s already too late.

But is it really?

There’s a slender chance it can be saved, and Javin is willing to sacrifice the galaxy to try

Javin must die . . .

To activate the Matrix and enact the Grand Plan that would save the galaxy.

He can’t turn away from this destiny or let his friends die.

But first there are a mess of problems he must clean up. If Javin and his friends can’t do that, his sacrifice will be wasted, and the galaxy will die anyway.