Four hundred years ago, Ed and Alice Rico threw themselves through a mysterious portal on the London Underground, hunting for Edâs lost brotherâAliceâs husbandâVerne.
Now, starship captain Katherine Abdulov embarks on a desperate race against ruthless rival captainâand her former loverâVictor Luciano, to try and earn back her familyâs trust.
Tomorrow, all their lives will be thrown together by disaster, as an ancient evil stirs among the stars, threatening the survival of all lifeâĻ
Gareth L. Powell has written nine novels, including the Embers of War trilogy and the Ack-Ack Macaque series, as well as somehow finding the time to produce two short story collections, the nonfiction guide About Writing, and the novellas Ragged Alice, Downdraught, and Light Chaser (co-written with Peter F. Hamilton). He has twice won the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel and been finalist for both the Locus and Seiun Awards.