Rebecca Ore is een sciencefictionauteur wiens werk zich verdiept in de menselijke conditie te midden van technologische vooruitgang. Haar verhalen verkennen vaak de psychologische en ethische dimensies van toekomstige samenlevingen, en presenteren ingewikkelde werelden die de perceptie van de lezer uitdagen. Ore's onderscheidende stijl ligt in haar vermogen om complexe thema's te verweven in boeiende verhalen.
Vel, is a gay immortal born in Paleolithic who jumps time at will. Unless he can help out his younger self, Vel's tribe's descendants--a big chunk of the 21st-century British population--will be eliminated from the timeline.
After being abducted from rural Virginia by aliens, Tom Red-Clay is returned to Earth and given the task of convincing his fellow humans to join the galaxy-spanning Federation of Sapients