Published to celebrate the life and work of Philip K. Dick, the bestselling author of BLADE RUNNER and MINORITY REPORT, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death

Published to celebrate the life and work of Philip K. Dick, the bestselling author of BLADE RUNNER and MINORITY REPORT, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death

Contacted by starmen of similar racial stock who have a greatly advanced, galactic society, a united Earth becomes their ally in a lengthy war with the Reegs, blue, six-limbed aliens with no vocal chords. This is the story of how Earth chose the wrong ally.

A brilliant on space opera from one of the great stylists of SF

A masterly tale of political deception from the most significant writer of SF in the 20th century.

'Richly peopled, highly literate, and brilliantly drawn ... [Lucius Shepard is] one of the finest science fiction writers of all time' Science Fiction Chronicle