John Birmingham

The galaxy was once terrorized by the Sturm, a group of 'species purists' intent on destroying any human with genetic or cybernetic enhancements. Fashioning themselves as the one true 'Human Republic', the Sturm cut a bloody swath across the stars, killing billions before finally being defeated and driven into the far reaches of Dark Space. Centuries of peace bred complacency. Everyone believed the Sturm had died out in the Dark. They were wrong....