If you stand on the very largest island and look into the night sky, you can see almost all of the Milky Way, a huge twinkling river of stars that seems to flow through half the universe.Īnd if you stand on the western shore of the island during the daytime, with your back to the water, you will see a grass-covered knoll. It is a water world, with just a handful of islands dotting the placid ocean that covers its surface. They say he never sleeps, and that his eyes burn brighter than a nova, and that his shout can level mountains.įar out on the Galactic Rim, at the very edge of the Outer Frontier, there is a world called Silverblue. They say his father was a comet and his mother a cosmic wind, that he juggles planets as if they were feathers and wrestles with black holes just to work up an appetite. but there will be only one Santiago.” - The Evening Sun Read moreįor advice, encouragement, and money PROLOGUE It will spawn a half dozen sequels and two dozen or more imitators that will feed on our enrapture . . .
“This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime, never-to-be-duplicated stories that ensnare you in such a wondrous universe that you never, ever want to leave. But unraveling the threads of Santiago’s life might get Cain tangled up in something far bigger than he ever imagined . . . In a race against a rival bounty hunter, Cain’s quest will take him to the far-flung Frontier planets, where he’ll encounter aliens and evangelists, journalists and cyborgs-all of whom have a stake in finding or protecting Santiago.
Now, Cain has gotten a lead on the elusive outlaw, and it’s too hard to resist. Known as the Songbird, he’s a former revolutionary who has killed hundreds of criminals for the right price. Sebastian Nightingale Cain has quite the reputation himself. And he’s the target of every bounty hunter in the universe. He’s the subject of songs, the faceless wanted poster on the wall, the bogeyman that parents name to scare their children into behaving. Santiago is a legend, known far and wide across the galaxy as the greatest killer and thief alive. An adventure of interplanetary law and disorder from the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author. When you’re the most wanted man alive, your legend never dies.
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