Cenvirin

CENVIRIN by Tony Quark For forty thousand years, the Cenvirin have served as humanity's elite protectors-genetically enhanced warriors whose brains house one hundred billion quantum-processing neuronites, granting them superhuman reflexes, strength, and combat abilities that make them living legends throughout the galaxy. Zakkim "Zakk" Cennodac is everything a Cenvirin shouldn't be: arrogant, chronically late, and certain that his upcoming Afflication ceremony is merely a formality.
But when a routine combat test goes catastrophically wrong, Zakk discovers an ability no Cenvirin has ever possessed-the power to freeze time itself. Suddenly, an ancient prophecy made forty thousand years ago points directly at him. The timing couldn't be worse. A ruthless criminal syndicate has developed a weapon specifically designed to neutralize Cenvirin abilities, and they're systematically assassinating Zakk's people.
Meanwhile, an alien armada of immortal insectoid beings fleeing their dying galaxy has arrived-not as refugees, but as conquerors. And on Zakk's own homeworld, the barriers holding back genetically engineered monstrosities are failing. As threats converge from every direction and his government fractures under impossible pressure, Zakk must transform from entitled student to the warrior the prophecy demands.
But mastering his temporal abilities might cost him everything-including his life. Blending military science fiction with political intrigue and coming-of-age drama, CENVIRIN delivers galaxy-spanning action, complex conspiracies, and a hero who must grow up fast or watch everything burn.