A spectacular large-scale space opera
- the ultimate galaxy-spanning adventure Six million years ago at the very dawn of the starfaring era Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male & female clones the shatterlings Sent out into the galaxy these shatterlings have stood aloof as they document the rise & fall of countless human empires They meet every two hundred thousand years to exchange news & memories of their travels with their siblings Campion & Purslane are not only late for their thirty-second reunion but they have brought along an amnesiac golden robot for a guest But the wayward shatterlings get more than the scolding they expect they face the discovery that someone has a very serious grudge against the Gentian line & there is a very real possibility of traitors in their midst The surviving shatterlings have to dodge exotic weapons while they regroup to try to solve the mystery of who is persecuting them & why
- before their ancient line is wiped out of existence forever