Stars are dying. John Bandicut and his companions must travel to a nebula called Starmaker—to discover what force threatens not only the newborn stars, but every world within a thousand light-years. Their journey will take them not just into the perils of a star-forming nebula, but into confrontation with a billion-year-old adversary of life as they know it. Whatever chance they have of stopping the terrifying Mindaru may be found only in the fiery heart of an intelligent sun. Meanwhile, back on Triton, Julie Stone experiences her own encounter with the translator, and she too must make a life-or-death decision in defense of the Earth.

Sunborn is Volume 4 of The Chaos Chronicles, from the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity's End.