The Crown and the Sword - Rise of the Symbionts, #5

A dangerous threat looms over Oryon. Religious fanatics called the razboi aim to finish what the clans Caprici and Zaruthra had started over three thousand years before. Eradicate the Dacron royal line, inherent rulers of the Oryon system. In response to a desperate call from Nigul's last Champion, Tarragon the Great, the first of the technomage kings, is reawakened. Cheol, formerly Lord Commander Militant of the Level 1A Royal Guards of Oryon, wakes up partnered to a unique and powerful symbiont.
With his reawakening are ancient memories that threaten to consume him, pushing him to rekindle an ancient passion that refuses to die.