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St Libra is paradise for Earth's mega-rich. Until the killing begins.
In
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, AD 2142, Detective Sidney Hurst attends a brutal
murder scene. The victim is one of the wealthy North family clones – but
none have been reported missing. And the crime’s most disturbing aspect
is how the victim was killed. Twenty years ago, a North clone
billionaire and his household were horrifically murdered in exactly the
same manner, on the tropical planet of St Libra. But if the murderer is
still at large, was Angela Tramelo wrongly convicted? Tough and
confident, she never waivered under interrogation – claiming she alone
survived an alien attack. But there is no animal life on St Libra.
Investigating
this alien threat becomes the Human Defence Agency’s top priority. The
bio-fuel flowing from St Libra is the lifeblood of Earth’s economy and
must be secured. So a vast expedition is mounted via the Newcastle
gateway, and teams of engineers, support personnel and xenobiologists
are dispatched to the planet. Along with their technical advisor,
grudgingly released from prison, Angela Tramelo. But the expedition is
cut off, deep within St Libra’s rainforests. Then the murders begin.
Someone or something is picking off the team one by one. Angela insists
it’s the alien, but her new colleagues aren’t so sure. Maybe she did see
an alien, or maybe she has other reasons for being on St Libra ...
In this stunning, standalone adventure, Peter F. Hamilton blends fast-paced narrative with vividly imagined future-worlds.