Author(s): Peter F. Hamilton

Fiction

The second and concluding novel in the bestselling Commonwealth Saga from Britain's No. 1 science fiction writer. Set against the backdrop of the war raging between humans and Gaens over many star systems, Wilson Kime believes the humans are being corrupted by an unknown entity. He turns to Paula Myo, a Special Agent of the Commonwealth Military Intelligence, who enlists the help of the one creature she can trust, a Raiel. The team's mission to discover the renegade group which has been manipulating humans turns to a race against time as both humans and Gaen hurry to deploy their doomsday weapons. Peter F Hamilton's previous novels are the Greg Mandel series: Mindstar Rising (1993), A Quantum Murder (1994) and The Nano Flower (1995); and the bestselling Night's Dawn trilogy: The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God. Also published by Macmillan (and Pan) is A Second Chance at Eden, a novella and six short stories set in the same brilliantly realised universe, and The Confederation Handbook, a vital guide to the Night's Dawn trilogy. His most recent novels are Fallen Dragon, Misspent Youth and Pandora's Star, the first novel in the two-book Commonwealth Saga. He lives near Rutland Water. Author website: www.peterfhamilton.co.uk First published 2005.