[Songs of Old Sol 01] • Empty Between the Stars

**It is the far future. The artificial intelligences created by humanity are now gods, and mankind mere ants who scrabble in their shadows across a million worlds.**

The Lords of the Great Houses on the ever-night Moon of Hexator are suspected of the murder of one of their own. And merchant William Roxley, once a magistrate-priest, is unwillingly coopted to uncover the truth behind the killings. 

With only the help of his naive young assistant and a brutish robot bodyguard, the man they call 'Sweet William' digs into the Moon's eerie existence. A collapsing society where many strange, terrible things are happening under night's unsettling cover. 

Hexator is a place where nothing is what it seems, perhaps not even William Roxley himself!

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**ABOUT THE AUTHOR**

Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other science fiction authors, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip

K. Dick and Ray Bradbury.

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**REVIEWS**

*Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:*

‘Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.’

— THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

‘Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.’ 

\- TOM HOLT 

‘All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.’ 

\- DAILY MAIL 

‘Compulsive reading for all ages.’ 

\- GUARDIAN 

‘An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.’ 

\- THE TIMES 

‘Studded with invention.’ 

-THE INDEPENDENT 

‘To say this book is action packed is almost an understatement… a wonderful escapist yarn!’ 

\- INTERZONE 

‘Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks… affecting and original.’ 

\- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 

‘A rip-roaring Indiana Jones-style adventure.’ 

—RT BOOK REVIEWS 

‘A curious part-future blend.’ 

\- KIRKUS REVIEWS 

‘Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.’ 

\- TIME OUT 

‘A ripping yarn … the story pounds along… constant inventiveness keeps the reader hooked… the finale is a cracking succession of cliffhangers and surprise comebacks. Great fun.’ 

\- SFX MAGAZINE 

‘Put on your seatbelts for a frenetic cat and mouse encounter... an exciting tale.’ 

\- SF REVU 

**FORMAT**

Full novel - a stand-alone adventure. 

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