The novel “Sun of Suns” by Karl Schroeder was published for the first time in 2006. It’s the first novel of Virga.

Hayden Griffin is a native of Aerie, a nation conquered by its rival Slipstream. Now his only purpose is to take revenge on the man who six years earlier caused the death of his parents, Admiral Chaison Fanning. Using forged papers he’s able to join Slipstream’s fleet but the situation gets more complicated than expected.