Publisher's Synopsis
THE SECOND VOLUME OF THIS SCIENCE FICTION EPIC. THE SETTING COVERS TWO GALAXIES MILLIONS OF LIGHT YEARS APART. THE UNIVERSE BREATHES IN A VAST BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM WITH HUMAN KIND AND ALIEN SPEICES (MULTI-COLOURED DECAPODS CALLED THE NAR) TAKING TURNS TO BE DOMINANT. EVEN GIVEN IMMORTALITY THE DISTANCES ARE TOO VAST FOR COLONIAL EXPANSION, SO FIRST ONE SPECIES AND THEN THE OTHER STORES THE GENETIC CODE NECESSARY TO RE-CREATE ITS RIVAL. THIS INFORMATION IS BEAMED ACROSS THE ICY VASTNESS OF THE INTER-GALACTIC GAP. 19/10/87-OFFSET U.S EDITION: 352PP: 10000 @ $3.50: UC=53: MAX
