Creation NodeIn the year 2255, of all the sentient beings in her universe, it was a woman named Salma, twenty years old, who was the first fully to see the object called Planet Nine. See with her own eyes, albeit moderated by her ship's instruments. If not to recognise what it was, not yet. Not that the object turned out to be a planet, or the 'ninth' of anything. Briefly thought to be a black hole, it suddenly changes, expands and sends a message. There is

could risk entering a storm

unsolved murder bears an uncanny resemblance to the crime in Pendleton's novel and a burnt-out cop with secrets of his own

'A darkly atmospheric

For rookie journalist Will Monroe

he found himself embroiled in a case rife with local cynicism

Kal and Auri joining forces with two of the galaxys most hated villains

horrible to her)

Even once Otho is defeated

and urges to kill

Maja herself is a singer

with richly drawn characters and vivid prose

and their baby daughters join him