by Adam Roberts (Author)
Sprung from a prison in the centre of a star, the universe's last criminal is employed to kill the population of a planet. It is a crime that will tear apart an interstellar utopia. Keeping ahead of detection and preparing the crime, the killer voyages to numerous worlds and hones the instincts required for murder. And wonders who is behind the contract. Roberts' new novel is an extraordinary fusing of ideas, exotic locations, personal drama and an enquiry into the nature of crime in a society that thinks it has forgotten how to commit it.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 338
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 13 Mar 2003
ISBN 10: 0575073969
ISBN 13: 9780575073968
Book Overview: Award nominated, critically feted author Innovative and rewardingly different SF A massive canvas, extraordinary ideas Author is a regular columnist and reviewer 'The king of high concept' The Guardian