About the Author

Michael P. Kube-McDowell is theNew York Timesbestselling author ofBefore the Storm, the Hugo Award nomineeThe Quiet Pools, and the Philip K. Dick Award nomineeEmprise. His acclaimed near-future, human-centered novels have been praised as "a heady mix of political intrigue and hard science" (Julian May) and "the work of an alert intellect" (Locus).

Reviews

The New Republic faces a terrifying threat from the darkest depths of the Empire.