The world of Orian has been overrun by the Kaz, who are bent on exterminating the Oriani. Only a few Oriani have escaped and struggle to eke out an existence on alien planets.
 
One of them, Ayyah, thinks she has found the key to defeating the Kaz and returning her people to their homeworld, the only place they can thrive. Through sheer stubbornness and determination, she manages to overcome all the daunting obstacles in her path, even recruiting a couple of human pirates and a few Lleveci warriors to aid her in the task.
 
But no one involved suspects just how much her scheme will cost them all . . .
 
Praise for Leslie Gadallah’s The Empire of Kaz
 
“Blaster and laser battles and spaceship rides into hyperspace set a fast pace for adventure.”- School Library Journal
 
“Excellent examples of space opera in the Star Wars tradition . . . seldom a dull moment . . .” - Fred Patten, Dogpatch Press
 
“The plotting is masterful . . . always exciting . . . smoothly written . . . ” - Delia Sherman, Fantasy Review