KAREN LORD

For years, Rafi Delarua saw his family suffer under his father's unethical use of psionic power. Now the government has Rafi under close watch, but, hating their crude attempts to analyse his brain, he escapes to the planet Punartam, where his abilities are the norm, not the exception. Punartam is also the centre for his favourite sport, wallrunning - and thanks to his best friend, he has found a way to train with the elite. But Rafi soon realises he's playing quite a different game, for the galaxy is changing; unrest is spreading and the Zhinuvian cartels are plotting, making the stars a far more dangerous place to aim. There may yet be one solution - involving interstellar travel, galactic power and the love of a beautiful game.

La humanidad se ha extendido y diversificado por el universo creando sociedades y culturas diferenciadas y originales que colaboran y recelan entre ellas. Un ataque por sorpresa destruye el planeta de una sociedad orgullosa y reservada, cuyos supervivientes no tienen mas remedio que entrar en contacto con la cultura del mundo que los ha acogido y con la que estan lejanamente emparentados. Su deseo mas profundo es preservar su forma de vida pero acabaran descubriendo que para conservar su cultura es posible que tengan que cambiarla para siempre.