For fans of Iain M. Banks, Alastair Reynolds, Peter F. Hamilton, and anyone craving a space epic filled with sprawling civilisations, ancient riddles and galaxy-spanning stakes.

When machine sentience in the galaxy is threatened, an ancient species is revived.

Kera and Diyan are among the last of their kind, aboard a starship bound for deep space. They’re not survivors. They’re not soldiers. They’re resurrected—from extinction. A last resort, sent by their near-omnipotent reviver, Tapache, to discover the origins of a weapon capable of obliterating machine sentience.

Unfortunately, they’re not the only ones investigating. An ambush by an enemy fleet leaves Kera missing and Diyan stuck in an escape pod. All hope seems lost. That is, until the weapon’s source appears—although it’s nothing like anyone thought. It appears impenetrable… until Diyan becomes hopelessly stuck in its gravity well.

The source’s galaxy-spanning repercussions, not least for machine intelligences, are far greater than anyone realises—except perhaps for Kera, who entered first.

Why were they really revived? And how exactly did they become extinct?

Cunning, mind-bending, and rife with mystery, this is an epic for those who know the galaxy is as dangerous as it is wondrous.

BOOK 1 OF THE TAPACHE'S PROMISE TRILOGY, SET IN THE WANDERER UNIVERSE.

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