A continuation of the chronicles of the Talents, begun in The Rowan and Damia. In the deeps of space, Mrdini scouts have crossed the path of three Hive ships - ships that are giant hulks of cell units, bearing the queens and workers out into space, to breed, multiply and destroy.
- ISBN10 0552139122
- ISBN13 9780552139120
- Publish Date 3 February 1994 (first published 13 January 1993)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 January 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Imprint Corgi Books
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 336
- Language English