In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders a crime within a war.For one man it means a desperate flight and a search for the one maybe two people... » 

In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders a crime within a war.For one man it means a desperate flight and a search for the one maybe two people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived underconstant threat of treachery and murder. And for their sister even withoutknowing the full truth it means returning to a place shed thought abandonedforever. Only the sister is not what she once was Djan Seriy Anaplian haschanged almost beyond recognition to become an agent of the Cultures SpecialCircumstances section charged with highlevel interference in civilizationsthroughout the greater galaxy. Concealing her new identity and her particularset of abilities might be a dangerous strategy however. In the world towhich Anaplian returns nothing is quite as it seems and determining theappropriate level of interference in someone elses war is never a simplematter. MATTER is a novel of dazzling wit and serious purpose. An extraordinaryfeat of storytelling and breathtaking invention on a grand scale it is a tourde force from a writer who has turned science fiction on its head. «