The Polity Collective, which benignly rules numerous star systems, has come up against a chilling opponent. The crablike Prador are bloodthirsty aliens bent on crushing the Polity and stealing its runcible technology ...and they possess a frightening superiority in space warfare. Two wild-card humans, a vengeance-driven soldier and a runcible technician, must now combine their talents in an attempt to stop a seemingly invincible Prador warship from incinerating yet another Polity world. Combining violence and cunning in a race against time, this is classic space opera from one of the new UK masters of the genre. Literally never a dull moment: 'A fast and furious spectacle developed with gusto' - "Booklist".
- ISBN10 0230739210
- ISBN13 9780230739215
- Publish Date 28 August 2008 (first published 1 May 2006)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 March 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Tor
- Format eBook
- Language English