Future's Edge

In this gripping space adventure by BSFA award-winning author Gareth L. Powell, archaeologist Ursula Morrow faces the consequences of accidentally infecting herself with an alien parasite just as Earth is obliterated. Two years later, she is pulled from a refugee camp and given a high-stakes mission to retrieve the artifact that infected her, a potential key to humanity's survival. As she navigates hostile territory and the complexities of her relationships, Ursula must take desperate measures, including acts of piracy, to achieve her goal before time runs out.