Gollancz, London, 2003, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-575-07324-1.  Large trade soft cover, 394 pages.  Unread copy with a touch of edge wear and tiny corner bends on front wrap; pages lightly tanning.  ‘Taking the chance to join a covert team trying to secure an archaeological prize, Takeshi is dropped into a maelstrom of treachery and betrayal that makes the front-line a happy memory.  For this is a prize whose value is limitless and whose dangers are endless.  It’s a prize that the corporations will kill for.  A prize that will take mankind to the brink.  … rips apart the 26^th century to lay bare the violence, the follies and the naked greed that leave man so ill-prepared for the legacy he has been given:  the stars.’ (from rear wrap)