Overview
-Mission to locate Earth-temperate planet for colonisation: failed ...
-1000 years out from Earth base, damage to colony sleeper hangars 1, 3 and 4 sustained ... all lives lost ... hangars 2 and 5 still operational ...
-Mission parameters adjusted: Augmentation of colonists to commence ...
-Request all drones and 'bots to medical units to begin experimentation ...
A novella of power and humanity from "one of the very best of the new generation of British SF writers." (Vector)
"SF infused with a cosmopolitan and literary sensibility ... accomplished and affecting." Paul McAuley
Synopsis
-Mission to locate Earth-temperate planet for colonisation: failed ...
-1000 years out from Earth base, damage to colony sleeper hangars 1, 3 and 4 sustained ... all lives lost ... hangars 2 and 5 still operational ...
-Mission parameters adjusted: Augmentation of colonists to commence ...
-Request all drones and 'bots to medical units to begin experimentation ...
A novella of power and humanity from "one of the very best of the new generation of British SF writers." (Vector)
"SF infused with a cosmopolitan and literary sensibility ... accomplished and affecting." Paul McAuley