About the Book
Philip K. Dick Award 2010.
An Imploding Star System.
A Murdered Galactic Spy.
A Woman Seeking the Truth — and Finding the Unbelievable…
The
Erasmus System is a sprawling realm of slavery, smugglers, spies — and
constant, creeping decrepitude. Here everyone who is not part of the
ruling Four Families is a slave of one kind or another. But the
Guardians, a special-forces branch inside the United World Government
for Earth, have deemed Erasmus a “hot spot.” Somehow, it is believed,
this failing colony intends to launch a war upon the solar system.
Ex-Field
Commander Terese Drajeske, now a mother of three, has been called back
to active duty and sent to Erasmus, ostensibly to investigate the
murder of her colleague — and friend — Bianca Fayette. At first blush, the
death defies explanation: Bianca was immortal. But beneath that single
murder lies a twisted foundation of deceptions. Suddenly Terese is
plunged into a vortex of shattered lives, endemic deceit, and one
dreadful secret. In this society without hope, someone has put into
motion a plan that will cast humanity into chaos. And Terese, who has
given up her family and her sanity to prevent war, may be asked to make
the ultimate sacrifice…
