Great North Road

<p><b><i>Great North Road</i> is a standalone adventure from science fiction star Peter F. Hamilton, the author of The Night's Dawn trilogy.</b><br><br>In Newcastle, AD 2142, Detective Sidney Hurst attends a brutal murder scene. The victim is one of the wealthy North family&rsquo;s clones, but the most disturbing aspect is how he died. Twenty years ago, a North clone billionaire and his household were slaughtered in the exact same manner, on the tropical planet of St Libra. So was Angela Tramelo wrongly convicted back then? She&rsquo;d never wavered under interrogation &ndash; claiming she alone survived an alien attack.<br><br>With St Libran bio-fuel now powering Earth's economy, investigating this alien threat becomes top priority. A vast expedition is mounted via the planet&rsquo;s Newcastle gateway &ndash; including Angela Tramelo, grudgingly released from prison. But the expedition is cut off, deep w