New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., [1988]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first book. "In a densely populated galaxy, the mathematically skilled members of the Order of Pilots guide spacecraft through the 'manifolds' of hyperspace. The narrator is one such and he embarks on a dangerous quest to uncover the mystery of exploding stars (and humanity's destiny). A first novel of vaulting ambition, evidently influenced by Gene Wolfe's THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 252. Broderick and Di Filippo, Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 #14.