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* SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLARKE, HUGO, BSFA AND LOCUS AWARDS *

‘One of the finest science fiction achievements of the decade’ – REACTOR
‘A fast, gripping story’ – REACTOR
‘One of the most ambitious and rewarding science fiction series in print’ – STRANGE HORIZONS

SHUOS JEDAO IS AWAKE…

…and nothing is as he remembers. He’s a teenager, a cadet – a nobody – in the body of an old man; a general in command of an elite force. And he’s the most feared, and reviled, man in the galaxy. Jedao carries orders from Hexarch Nirai Kujen to re-conquer the fractured pieces of the hexarchate. But he has no memory of ever being a soldier, let alone a general, and the Kel soldiers under his command hate him for a massacre he can’t remember committing.

Kujen’s friendliness can’t hide the fact that he’s a tyrant. And what’s worse, Jedao and Kujen are being hunted – by an enemy who knows more about Jedao than he does himself…

Publisher Review

`I love Yoon's work! Full of battles and political intrigue, in a beautifully built far-future that manages to be human and alien at the same time.' -- Ann Leckie `Breathtakingly original space opera.' -- N. K. Jemisin * New York Times *