Abendau's Heir -The Inheritance Trilogy

"Kare's seen planets destroyed by the relentless expansion of his mother's empire. Children killed. His own family murdered. With her power to manipulate minds she may be invincible. Only he has the power to stop her. Kare must either face the horrifying future his father foretold for him, or allow the sacrifice of millions of people to his mother's ambition. But in opposing her, he risks everything: his friends, his loved ones... even his sanity."