Book description
The third instalment in the GAP sequence: Stephen Donaldson's
fascinating universe peopled with characters of a passion and intensity
only he could create. As the planetoid Thanatos Minor explodes into
atoms, the Trumpet hurtles into space, just one step ahead of hostile
pursures. On board the Trumpet are Nick Succorso, Morn Hyland, her
force-grown son Davies and the cyborg Angus Thermopyle, old enemies now
thrown together in a desperate bid for survival. The only hope for the
exhausted crew is an illegal lab in a distant binary solar system and
that means a journey of unpredictable dangers from which they may not
return . . . Stephen Donaldson lived in India for 13 years with his
father, a medical missionary, who worked extensively with lepers; it was
here that he conceived the character of Thomas Covenant. He was awarded
the John W. Campbell Award as Best Writer of the Year for The Chronicles
of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever, which, with the sequel trilogy,
became instant bestsellers. He is also the author of the fantasy duology
'Mordant's Need', the SF epic quintet 'The Gap', and a number of
mysteries written under the pseudonym Reed Stephens. He won the World
Fantasy Award in 2000.
