The third novel from one of the most exciting new British SF writers of the decade.

The extraordinary new novel from one of the brightest stars of British SF takes mankind to the brink of a terrifying secret.

In the far future, the Heliothane Dominion is triumphant in the solar system, after a bitter war with their Umbrathane progenitors. But some of the enemy have escaped into the past, intent on wreaking havoc across time. The worst of these is Cowl, an artificially forced advance in human evolution but one who is no longer human.

Sergeant Bobby Zha of the SFPD is desperate to find out who murdered him. But he also needs the answers to some other questions. Like, why is he in another man's body? Why is someone trying to kill him, again... And why is he being haunted by a nine-tailed Celestial fox?

One of the most exciting cutting edge SF authors in the UK joins Gollancz with his most ambitious novel yet.

It's 2017 and beings that were once human gathering to fight in one last great war for control of the Vellum, a realm of eternity on which our world is just a scratch. But to tomboy Phreedom, it's about to become clear that there's no diabolic plan at play here, just a battle between the hawks of Heaven and Hell, with humanity stuck in the middle.