Classic Space Opera for the Modern Age. In Dark Shepherd, renowned artist Fred Gambino delivered a thrilling space opera that earned acclaim from critics and readers alike. The book introduced us to Breel, chased offworld for a secret she didn't know she possessed by agents of the ruthless Church of Second Light. Reality Rift continues Breel's adventure. She has found a place among the crew of the Scavenger - a rag-tag group of misfits who defy the Church's ambitions. Seeking answers to her own origins, and sensing a connection at the quantum level to a mysterious network, Breel leads her allies to the shepherd moon: an unstable satellite which is set to be destroyed by imminent seismic activity. Shipwrecked following an attack, they must somehow gather the resources to escape the doomed moon. They should be dead already, but unless they hurry, they very soon will be.