The ruthless plans of Proteus Unlimited, a powerful and greedy corporation, to terraform the planet of Prokaryon threaten to destroy any native intelligence alien life as well as the lives of a colony of orphans who make Prokaryon their home.
- ISBN10 0812568621
- ISBN13 9780812568622
- Publish Date 31 August 1999 (first published 15 August 1998)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 November 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Tor Books
- Edition Mass Market ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 349
- Language English