British Science Fiction Association Award nominee 1998, Nebula Award nominee 1999, Prometheus Award nominee 2000.

”A brilliant novel of ideas.” – Vernor Vinge   

”Science fiction's freshest new writer” (Salon.com), a resident of Edinburgh, Scotland, is introduced to U.S. readers in his first novel published stateside. The tale features a woman soldier who is leading the elite defense forces of the utopian Solar Union against a threat from post-humans who have used high technology to transform themselves into godlike beings.

Published
1997

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