The longawaited new novel from Hugo Awardwinning writer Greg Egan TheAmalgam spans nearly the entire galaxy and is composed of innumerable beingsfrom a wild var... » 

The longawaited new novel from Hugo Awardwinning writer Greg Egan TheAmalgam spans nearly the entire galaxy and is composed of innumerable beingsfrom a wild variety of races some human some nearhuman and some entirelyother. The one place that they cannot go is the bulge the bright hot centerof the galaxy. There dwell the Aloof who for millions of years have deflectedany and all attempts to communicate with or visit them. So when Rakesh isoffered an opportunity to travel within their sphere in search of a lost racehe cannot turn it down «