Try this knockout opening chapter from EMPIRE, the epic follow-up to CONQUEST in the Chronicles of the Invaders trilogy by John Connolly and Jennifer Ridyard.
The full novel is on sale from January 2015.
She is the trophy of a civilization at war with itself.
He is its rebel captive.
Separated by millions of light years, they will fight to be united.
And they will risk everything to make their world - all worlds - right again.