Solomon has passed judgement.The AI has chosen his ideal humans for Project Nomad, mankinds first extrasolar colony on Opis, forty light years from an Earth ravaged by more than a century of disease, famine, and war. Now his band of soldiers, farmers, and scientists have one final chance to launch the Ainatio corporations ageing interstellar ship, Shackleton, and join the crew of Cabot at Nomad Base.They have a deal. The Alliance of AsianPacific States, Earths last surviving superpower, will let the launch go ahead in exchange for the instant communications research that made Nomad possible. But an unknown informer betrays a deadly secret Solomon is the sole survivor of a banned class of AIs that were shut down after causing millions of human deaths. APS cant allow him to escape. They have to stop the launch and destroy him as well. But Solomon is ready to go to war to complete his mission.While the situation on Earth spirals out of control, Captain Bridget Ingram is doing a deal of her own with newlydiscovered neighbours on Opis. The alien crew of a warship have offered to share a technology thatll change the future of humanity. But they want something in exchange protection.The aliens havent told Ingram the whole story, though. Shes going to find out very soon who they need to be protected from, and why. Its too late to stay neutral and too late to abort the mission. If she doesnt take the biggest gamble of her life one that could destroy the fledgling colony before its...

Binding: Paperback;706 pages; Publisher: Karen Traviss; Classification: N/A; Weight: 843.48 g; Dimensions: N/A

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