Long ago, in a distant part of the galaxy, two alien races met—and fought a war of mutual extinction. The sole legacy of that war was the weapon that ended it

 An ancient berserker, a gigantic space going killer machine programmed to destroy all life, seizes a space laboratory devoted to preserving a vast number of

 Leviathan, a monstrous berserker killing machine glowing with a mysterious blue aura, is menacing the Milkpail Nebula. Following on a long history of destru

Hanne and her siblings flee Norway after her "gift" causes her to commit murder, and on the American frontier Owen, a cowboy, leads them toward their uncle who

It happened long ago and far away. Perhaps in this galaxy, perhaps in one close by.