The Children Of Anthi: Jay D. Blakeney (Deborah Chester)

Omari had violated every sanction of his world to hijack the Forerunner and blast his way through a black star to reach the Uncharted Zone - and freedom. But on Ruantl, a toxic world lit by a black sun, Omari found himself a hostage in an underground citadel deep beneath a radioactive wasteland. Here the enigmatic high priest and his black-robed barbarian mutants guard an army of crystal caskets - and plan a bloody rebellion to save their race from extinction. Omari has one chance to survive - but does he dare undergo the ultimate sacrifice and become one the of Children of Anthi? Cover art by Greisbach & Martucci