A gripping and heartfelt horror-tinged space adventure from the BSFA award-winning author of
Stars and Bones and Embers of War. Readers of James S.A. Corey and Becky Chambers will love
this fast-paced story of space piracy deadly alien artifacts and a race to save what is left
of humanity. When archaeologist Ursula Morrow accidentally infects herself with an alien
parasite she fears she may have jeopardised her career. However her concerns become
irrelevant when Earth is destroyed billions die and suddenly no one needs archaeologists
anymore... Two years later she's plucked from a refugee camp on a backwater world and tasked
with retrieving the artefact that infected her as it just might hold the key to humanity's
survival. With time running short and the planet housing the weapon now situated in hostile
territory she realises she's going to have to commit an act of desperate piracy if she's going
to achieve her objective before the enemy's final onslaught. A thrilling page-turning journey
into deep space where the fights are brutal and the relationships are complicated from the
BSFA award-winning author of Stars and Bones and Embers of War.
