![]() Branded as terrorists, the Guardians and their leader, Bradley Johansson, have been hunted by relentless investigator Paula Myo. ![]() For more than 100 years, a shadowy cult, the Guardians of Selfhood, has warned that an alien with mind-control abilities impossible to detect or resist - the Starflyer - has secretly infiltrated the Commonwealth. And no one knows when or where the genocidal Prime will strike next. Twenty-three planets have already fallen to the invaders, with casualties in the hundreds of millions. Robust, peaceful, and confident, the Commonwealth dispatched a ship to investigate the mystery of a disappearing star, only to inadvertently unleash a predatory alien species that turned on its liberators, striking hard, fast, and utterly without mercy.Ĭoexistence is impossible with the technologically advanced aliens, who are genetically hardwired to exterminate all other forms of life. His previous novel, the acclaimed Pandora's Star, introduced the Intersolar Commonwealth, a star-spanning civilization of the 24th century. No mere world builder, Hamilton creates entire universes - and he does so with irresistible flair and intelligence. ![]() ![]() Hamilton's superbly imagined, cunningly plotted interstellar adventures are conceived on a staggeringly epic scale and filled with fully realized human and alien characters as complex as they are engaging. ![]()
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