Kas is a junior academic on a research mission to Old Earth. When a con artist tricks her into wagering a huge sum of money she doesn't have on the outcome of a manned robot arena battle she becomes drawn into the seedy underworld of Old Earth politics and state-sponsored battle-droid prizefights.
Is it time to get back to the books yet?
Any book has the ability to transport us to new and different experiences, but science-fiction and fantasy is unique in that it imagines entirely new worlds and possibilities to explore. For many of us, this genre represents the ultimate escape from reality.