Engineman

Once The Enginemen Pushed Bigships Through The Cobalt Glory Of The Nada-continuum. But Faster Than Light Isn’t Fast Enough Anymore. The Interfaces Of The Keilor-vincicoff Organisation Bring Planets Light Years Distant A Simple Step Away. Then A Man With Half A Face Offers Ex-engineman Ralph Mirren The Chance To Escape His Ruined Life And Push A Ship To An Undisclosed Destination. The Nada-continuum Holds The Key To Ralph’s Future. What He Cannot Anticipate Is Its Universal Importance – Nor The Mystery Awaiting Him On The Distant Colony World. Engineman Is A Thrilling Action Adventure By The Author Of Helix And Kethani. Also In This Volume Are Eight Stories Set In The Engineman Universe, Including The Interzone Award-winning ‘the Time-lapsed Man.’ "Once they pushed big ships through the cobalt glory of the Nada-Continuum. But faster than light isn't fast enough anymore. The interfaces of the Keilor-Vincicoff Organisation bring planets light years distant a simple step away. Then a man with half a face offers ex-Engineman Ralph Mirren the chance to escape his ruined life and push a ship to an undiclosed destination. The Nada-Continuum holds the key to Ralph's future. What he cannot anticipate is its universal importance-nor the mystery awaiting him on the distant colony world"--Publisher description