Omega Revolution

Before the rebellion had a name, it had a sound. Before the Flame is a character-driven sci-fi prequel to the Omega Revolution series, following Rayvin Meadows—the future leader of a galactic uprising—before the world knows her, before the Federation fears her, and before everything she loves is taken. Rayvin and her sister Birdie survive by making noise: as members of an all-female metal band turned resistance cell, their music becomes both weapon and shield against a regime determined to silence them.

The Space Federation stole their parents. Then it stole their futures. Raised in the aftermath of a galaxy-wide rebellion, a group of teenagers learns the truth no one wanted them to know: they were never meant to survive. As whispers of the past resurface and long-buried secrets begin to unravel, Jett Fischer and his sister Maggie are forced to confront the legacy their parents left behind—and the price of uncovering it. Alongside them is Siren, a quiet girl with a fractured memory and a power she doesn’t fully understand, whose silence speaks louder than words ever could.

The Federation doesn’t make mistakes. It makes plans. Rayvin Meadows is done being hunted. Maggie Fischer is done being controlled. But when a deadly trap splits the resistance in two, both women are forced into missions that threaten to tear open old wounds—and resurrect ones that never healed. One path leads toward vengeance. The other toward the impossible. And somewhere in the shadows, the Federation is building something neither of them is ready for. Because some experiments don’t end. They evolve. And this time, the cost of hope may be everything.