400 Billion Stars

Who will inherit the Earth?

Dorthy Yoshida, an empath and a scientist, is dispatched to a planet of a nearby red dwarf star to help investigate its mysteries. Although it seems to have been artificially altered, there seems to be no trace of intelligent life. And despite the hopes of mankind to find something which will help them in a burgeoning war against other species, there seems to be nothing there to aid them.

With Dorthy’s arrival, however, they are in for some surprising discoveries.

WINNER OF THE PHILIP K. DICK AWARD

'Excellent science, grittily convincing human relationships, precision prose.' --- Lewis Shiner