The explosive conclusion to the epic saga that started with THE STARS NOW UNCLAIMED, the space opera SFX calls 'a glorious romp'! Always outnumbered, always outflanked. That's the motto of the Justified, the small band of mercenaries who are determined to set the universe to rights after accidentally unleashing the Pulse upon it. Ex-soldier Jane Kamali and her telekentic protégé Esa, now seventeen, have spent years searching the universe for other gifted young people. Find the fight before it finds you. But they're not the only people who are hunting for those with gifts like Esa's. The Cyn, psychotic beings of pure energy, will stop at nothing to find Esa and the others - alive or dead, they don't care. No one knows what the Cyn want with their victims, or even where they're taking them. Kamali and Esa are determined to find out.

Hit them before they hit you. Their journey will take them to the furthest reaches of the universe, and what they discover will change everything. Because there's a balance to the universe. and they're just about to upset it. Hard. *** Praise for Drew Williams and the Universe After series *** ' A proper space spectacular, the love child of Destiny and Star Wars , raised by Firefly on a steady diet of Resident Evil . The dialogue is snappy and the jokes are laugh out loud: an escapist, gleeful, explodey space opera' Tor.com ' The only thing more fun than a bonkers space battle is a whole book packed with bonkers space battles.

Come for the exploding spaceships, stay for the intriguing universe' Becky Chambers, author of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 'An immersive, rollicking yarn' SFX ' Pirates, smugglers, soldiers, spies, snarky spaceships, and really big guns . and that's just the first chapter. The action gets bigger, the stakes get higher, and I loved it!' Claire North, author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.