The Transcend: Book I by Peter J. Maher

They were born out of fire and walked the stars as gods, an empire was born and the seeds of creation planted... Power and glory were followed by war and pestilence...and the solution was the Transcend. One billion years later the Dynastic Dynasties united to form the Hub Alliance... Now the Alliance was about to become the Coalition; but lure of the ancient power of Sandheim was about to undermine the stability of the Allied Union... A small group of explorers had travelled to the edge of the known universe to unlock the secrets of the gods; but not every quest is welcome and some secrets are best left alone in the dark...