A sequel to the Old Man and the Void. Dex Hollister nearly died in his escape from the black hole and the war raging there. He awakens in his universe...600 years in the future. Everything is different. He even has a new body, a hybrid of human and alien DNA. As he struggles to adapt to a new society, new sensations, even new romance, he searches for the one tie to his old self: his AI, Santiago. When that search puts him and the people he loves in danger, Dex must use all his old cunning and new knowledge to save them all.