Three renowned masters combine a โtense interspecies battle of wits with tangy atmospherics and a bleak lesson on the meaning of freedom. Aโ (Entertainment Weekly).
To be adapted into a major motion picture by Exile Content Studio
Running from poverty and hopelessness, Ramรณn Espejo boarded one of the great starships of the mysterious, repulsive Enye. But the new life he found on the far-off planet of Sรฃo Paulo was no better than the one he abandoned. Then one night his rage and too much alcohol get the better of him. Deadly violence ensues, forcing Ramรณn to flee into the wilderness.
Mercifully, almost happily aloneโfar from the loud, bustling hive of humanity that he detests with sociopathic fervorโthe luckless prospector is finally free to search for the one rich strike that could make him wealthy. But what he stumbles upon instead is an advanced alien race in hiding: desperate fugitives, like him, on a world not their own. Suddenly in possession of a powerful, dangerous secret and caught up in an extraordinary manhunt on a hostile, unpredictable planet, Ramรณn must first escape . . . and then, somehow, survive.
And his deadliest enemy is himself.
โThis is smashing SFโa great manhunt story.โ โExpress
โ[A] gritty SF adventure . . . This tightly written novel, with its memorable protagonist and intriguing extrapolation, delivers on all levels.โ โPublishers Weekly (starred review)
โMartin, award-winning sf editor Gardner Dozois, and Daniel Abraham combine their talents in this tale of one manโs search for his own humanity in a universe of diminishing returns. A good choice for fans of hard sf.โ โLibrary Journal