Mission to locate Earth-temperate planet for colonisation: failed ...

1000 years out from Earth base, damage to colony sleeper hangars 1, 3 and 4 sustained ... all lives lost ... hangars 2 and 5 still operational ...

Mission parameters adjusted: Augmentation of colonists to commence ...

Request all drones and 'bots to medical units to begin experimentation ...

A novella of power and humanity from "one of the very best of the new generation of British SF writers." (Vector) "SF infused with a cosmopolitan and literary sensibility ... accomplished and affecting." Paul McAuley

Genre: Science Fiction