

The brilliant first novel of an author destined to become an important new voice in science fiction. A young woman comes of age in an alien world where she is both a player and a pawn in an interstellar game of intrigue and politics, in which the ultimate prize may be freedom...


In the past, humans were the dominant star-traveling species in the universe--until the Chapalil came, conquered, and absorbed the Earth into their intergalactic empire. One of the only humans ever granted nobility by the Chapalil, Charles Soerenson once led a failed rebellion...

In the past, humans were the dominant star-traveling species in the universe--until the Chapalil came, conquered, and absorbed the Earth into their intergalactic empire. One of the only humans ever granted nobility by the Chapalil, Charles Soerenson once led a failed rebellion...

In the past, humans were the dominant star-traveling species in the universe--until the Chapalil came, conquered, and absorbed the Earth into their intergalactic empire. One of the only humans ever granted nobility by the Chapalil, Charles Soerenson once led a failed rebellion...