Exalted on Bellatrix 1

A novella. Cover art by Tomislav Tikulin.

On his long quest to locate his daughter, Matt Hendrick is approaching the end game. His lover, telepath Mercury Velasquez, has traced Matt s ex-wife and his daughter to the planet of Beltran, Bellatrix I, home of the advanced but reclusive alien race known as the Vhey.

But why have his ex-wife and her lover Dr Hovarth taken Matt s daughter to Beltran? Are they in search of an alien cure for the girl s illness?

Hendrick and Mercury Telemass to Beltran and find a secretive artists colony ruled by the renowned crystal artist Edward Lincoln and discover the secret of Lincoln s fascination with the Vhey. In a moving and horrific dénouement, Hendrick at last finds his daughter but she is in mortal danger from a source other than the natives of Beltran.

Exalted on Bellatrix 1 is the fourth instalment of Eric Brown's thrilling and exotic Telemass Quartet.