Ed Carew and his small ragtag crew are smugglers and ne'er-do- wells, thumbing their noses at the Expansion, the vast human hegemony extending across thousands of worlds... until the day they are caught, and offered a choice between working for the Expansion and an ignominious death. They must trespass across the domain of humanity's neighbours, the Vetch - the inscrutable alien race with whom humanity has warred, at terrible cost of life, and only recently arrived at an uneasy peace - and into uncharted space beyond, among the strange worlds of the Devil's Nebula, looking for long-lost settlers.

A new evil threatens not only the Expansion itself, but the Vetch as well. In the long run, the survival of both races may depend on their ability to lay aside their differences and co-operate.

About the Author

Eric Brown is the award-winning author of a huge number of SF novels, children's books, radio plays, articles and reviews, including Helix, Helix Wars, The Bengal Station Trilogy, The New York Trilogy, Kethani, Engineman, Guardians of the Phoenix, Kings of Eternity, The Serene Invasion, two Weird Space novels and The Fall of Tartarus.

Reviews
He is a masterful storyteller. Eric Brown is often lauded as the next big thing in science fiction and you can see why... - Strange Horizons This is the rediscovery of wonder." - Stephen Baxter on Helix



Book Information
ISBN 9781781080238
Author Eric Brown
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Abaddon Books
Publisher Rebellion Publishing Ltd.
Weight(grams) 159g
Dimensions(mm) 171mm * 106mm * 30mm