That's the title of the third novel in my Colony trilogy, finally finished and now at last ready for formatting for reader devices and awaiting a cover design I hope will be the equal of its two predecessors.

In the fullness of time - and in common with those earlier novels in the series - it will also be published as a physical book.

You learn a lot more in this one about the nature and mythology of the creature confronted on New Hope Island at the conclusion of the first Colony novel, including the facts that it has a long natural lifespan, is born carrying its own offspring and is extremely difficult to destroy.

Anyone who has read The Colony and Dark Resurrection will encounter some familiar characters in this new story; where the cast ranges from the obviously sympathetic to the gruesomely disconcerting. One consistent comment I've had from readers is that little Rachel Ballantyne can provoke a sleepless night or two. I've actually grown very fond of her over the years. She certainly plays an important part in this story.

And there's an appearance in the here and now of Colony founder Seamus Ballantyne I didn't think the series would really be complete without. I think there's a nice symmetry altogether to this concluding installment, though my opinion's immaterial, because the only rightful judges of any book are its readers.

The scale of this one is more spectacular than was the case with Dark Resurrection; though there are fewer characters in a narrative almost 15, 000 words (or a couple of chapters) longer than that was. Does it have a happy ending? Well, it very definitely doesn't end happily for everyone involved. I think my regular readers would be disappointed if it did.