A strange first contact on a distant planet might provide a vital clue to Arcan's past, but it can't quite cure Grace of her feelings of guilt after the battle for Kwaide. When they arrive on Xiantha, they find a stunning planet: hot, sunny and full of colour. For the first time they can start to relax and enjoy a ho...
In this follow-up to Valhai, Diva and Six are still scrapping with each other, but manage to find the time to start a revolution on Kwaide. Arcan is prepared to help, but Atheron has schemes to deal with all of them, starting with Six ... ... And there is a new visitor to the system, one who has come from thousands of...
At four, Six had been thrown out to fend for himself in the uninhabitable zone. Ten years later he is doped and shipped off to another planet as an apprentice. He is inclined to think that things couldn't get much worse, but that was before he was thrown into a cell with Diva. On Valhai, The Sellites live their lives...