"Who can a traitor trust? Earth's Hegemony has one aim: dominate the galaxy to protect humanity. When Earth forces invade Homeworld, they sever Udun's empathic hood almost sending him insane. Unable to find help in the Lenticular, Udun hatches a desperate plan to uncover the Hegemony's weakness. Meanwhile, Rhees is offered up as sacrifice by Volmar to the aggressive Maagba in order to seal a deal. She escapes and encounters a powerful alien species...

"A queer sci-fi novel about a marriage of convenience between a Mars politician and an Earth refugee. In the wake of an environmental catastrophe, January, once a principal in London's Royal Ballet, has become a refugee in Tharsis, the terraformed colony on Mars. There, January's life is dictated by his status as an Earthstronger-a person whose body is not adjusted to lower gravity and so poses a danger to those born on, or naturalized to, Mars. January's...