First Contact by Scott Ickes

First Contact: Omnibus 1 collects the first three novels in an epic military space opera. Humanity's first encounter with the ancient Lemurians ignites a galaxy-spanning conflict, forcing former enemies to become unlikely allies. As exploration uncovers forgotten civilizations, impossible discoveries, and technologies beyond imagination, evidence begins to emerge that the universe itself is governed by a hidden foundation that no civilization fully understands. Every answer reveals deeper mysteries surrounding the Source of this foundation, challenging everything humanity believes about space, time, reality, and its own place in creation. Combining first contact, massive fleet battles, exploration, diplomacy, unforgettable alien civilizations, and an unfolding cosmic mystery, this trilogy launches a planned twelve-book saga in which survival depends not only on strength but on unity.