The Evolutionary Void

　　Having finally mastered his astonishing psychic abil.ities Edeard is dismayed to find thai life in Makkathran is as challenglng and dangerous as ever. There are always threats to quash and unrest to settle. He is coming to understand that he himself will. have to pay a terrible price for Makkathran s peace and Liberty.

　　Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960, and still lives near Rutland Water. He began writing in 1987 and sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. 'He has also been published in Interzone and the In Dreams and New Worlds anthologies, and in several small-press publications.
　　His previous novels are the Greg Mandel series: Mindstar Rising, A Quantum Murder and The Nano Flower and the best-selling Night's Dawn trilogy:The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God. Also published by Pan Macmillan are A Second Chance at Eden, a novella and six short stories set in the same brilliantly realized universe, and The Confederation Handbook, a vital guide to the Night's Dawn trilogy. His most recent novels are Fallen Dragon, Misspent Youth, Pandora's Star, Judas Unchained and the Void trilogy:The Dreaming Void, The Temporal Void and The Evolutionary Void.