Here's the long-awaited solo novel--the first of an imaginative interstellar trilogy--from the co-author of theNew York TimesbestsellingDeath Gatesaga, Tracy Hickman.With more than ten million copies of theDeath Gatenovels in print, Tracy Hickman's talent is widely recognized. Now this popular fantasist begins an epic trilogy set in future space. The war-like Arachta, aliens from the past, invade the Earth searching for a cure to the plague that will spell their own demise if they're unsuccessful.