THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND FIRST EVER WINNER OF THE FUTURE WORLDS PRIZE
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''My favourite kind of grand space opera''
BEN AARONOVITCH
''An audaciously joyous debut full of heart''
NALINI SINGH
''Entertaining as all hell... it gets the vibe of being twelve years old and watching a lightsaber ignite on the big screen''
LOCUS MAGAZINE
''A sprawling space opera fantasy stuffed with familiar tropes''
THE GUARDIAN
''Every page shines with the vigour and passion of youth''
THE FINANCIAL TIMES__________________
6066: In
Emperor Thracin''s brave new galaxy, humans are not citizens but indentured labourers, working to repay the debt they unwittingly incurred when they settled on Gahraan - a desert planet already owned by the emperor himself.
Asha Akindele knows she''s just another voiceless cog working the assembly lines th
