Magnius Zoleki has everything a fifty-year-old man could want-except the psionic assassin trying to kill him. In 2310, humans persecute psions and hunt them to extinction regardless of guilt. Magnius is one of them: an evolutionary offshoot of mankind known for their psychic abilities and tendency to murder in order to utilize their power. Despite using his telekinesis sparingly, his secret makes it back to his childhood tutor. She murdered his best friend's father in cold blood, giving him every reason to run away before his abilities manifested. Now with the hope he'll join her cause to...

A year ago, Magnius Zoleki struggled with a life of boredom and an unhappy marriage. These days, he'd take those problems in a heartbeat. After fleeing New England, Magnius and Amii arrive on Barnard Station: a decaying trade outpost on the edge of oblivion. One misstep sends them hiding in places vagrants refuse to tread, all while they plot to rescue her father from the alien mothership. Her plan is nothing short of audacious-if they manage to stay under the radar long enough to execute it. To add to their troubles, the crisis with Xur reaches critical proportions. The Allied Confederacy...

Even the smallest spider could fell a two-ton Chrisna bear if it bit in a sensitive spot. For Magnius Zoleki and the others, the trick is to find it without getting caught. In the weeks following the Xuranian triumph, humankind finds itself on the brink of ruin. Amii Martin speeds from planet to planet, where she hunts dissidents and punishes civil disobedience with death. On Earth, Captain Ardri Lothian's efforts to spearhead a rebellion are cut short when they come under attack by a hostile band of natives. The Xuranian high commander reduces the Pan-Asian Union to a puppet regime by...