Greg Benford

* #27 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written.

* Winner of the Nebula and John W. Campbell Awards.

* 'Science fiction at its very best' Anthony Burgess

* ' . . . a rarity: a scientist who writes with verve and insight, not only about black holes and cosmic strings, but about human desires and fears' New York Times

* 'In the rapidly shrinking world of hard SF, Benford is justa bout the best now at work' The Washington Post