The novel “Judas Unchained” by Peter F. Hamilton was published for the first time in 2004. It’s the second book in the Commonwealth Saga and follows “Pandora’s Star”.

The Primes’ attack has caused a crisis in the InterSolar Commonwealth. The planets devastated by the aliens are the most obvious problem, but there are long-term consequences to be assessed. The priority is to stop further invasions of planets colonized by humans, but it’s necessary to find a way to defeat them as well.

While Ozzie Isaac continues his quest for answers, someone in the Commonwealth starts believing that there may be something real behind the story of the Starflyer. The war seems to have a chance to end only with the genocide of one of the two species involved.