Dawn by Weston Westmoreland

Title: Dawn

Author: Weston Westmoreland

Genre: Science Fiction

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072PW8THG

Length: 216 pages / 60,000 words

Publishing date: 05/27/2017

Free until 06/09/2017

Feedback: Always welcome.

Blurb: On a planet forsaken by a pan-stellar Empire in times long forgotten, old stories tell of an infamous day when swarms of imperial starships clouded the sky and abducted all able men and women. Nothing was ever known of them thereafter. The planet, known as Arweg, was left stranded, inhabited only by orphaned children, the unlearned elderly, and the helpless. After ages of darkness, civilization reemerged to a point where a small portion of the little technology preserved in time could be worked.
Two young Arwegians unearth a metallic capsule and trigger a chain-reaction. The pod will relay a signal into space and summon an immense starship. The Empire is back, and it wants to restore Arweg to its former status as a full member of the Confederacy. It is the Dawn of a new Era. Or is it?
A voice from the past will warn the Arwegians the real purpose of the Empire is to modernize the planet only to make it suitable for a renewed colonization and slavery. Some will believe it and some will not. The Revolution has begun.
Dawn follows a small group of characters from both sides who will be drastically changed—those who survive—through war, love, loss, courage, compassion, and friendship as the years go by, drastic changes take place, and hope is almost the only thing left...