Orion Arm

A gripping sf adventure from the acclaimed author of The Pliocene Exile series. Two hundred years into the future; the great corporations of Earth dominate all life in our Galaxy. But their endless pursuit of wealth and power is about to open the door to a malevolent alien race; intent on engulfing the commonwealth of Human Worlds. Helly and his companions attempt to capture a crucial witness to the Galapharma conspiracy; who has taken refuge on a hostile planet. Its insanely ambitious boss; Alistair Drummond; will stop at nothing in his quest for power; and Helly is marked for death as the two corporations continue to do battle. Meanwhile; the Haluk follow their own appalling agenda; using human science to mutate their bodies; allowing them to infiltrate human society. Helly must find a way to alert the Human Commonwealth to the Haluk peril; while also saving his family from Drummond's increasingly desperate efforts to annhilate the Rampart worlds.