Urged by the alien quarx now sharing his mind, he accepts an audacious mission—to steal a ship and hurtle across the solar system in a desperate bid for Earth's survival.

    Irena Pannis was thirteen when she first found the beginning place. Now, seven years later, she has grown to know and love the gentle inhabitants of Tembreabrezi, or Mountaintown, and she sees Hugh as a trespasser. But then a monstrous shadow threatens to destroy Mountaintown, and Hugh and Irena join forces to seek it out. Along the way, they begin to fall in love. Are they on their way to a new beginning...or a fateful end?

    The earthlings called them Angels. They were the ultimate beings - creatures that had been alive since the beginning of the universe.But would they help earth - or destroy it? It's up to Loftus to find out. Together with Stevens and Dr. Langer, he sets out on a daring mission to unknown parts of the universe.And in deepest space, on the edge of their comprehension, they will encounter the Angels...THE STAR DWELLERS

    A constant stream of new technology spawns crime before it hits the streets; the human mind and the external landscape have fused to the point where any encounter with "reality" is incidental.