The Cylons' Secret Battlestar Galactica 2

Sometimes no news is bad news. ¬'  It'Äôs been twenty years since the end of the Cylon war. The twelve human colony worlds are rebuilding, and the Cylons . . . The Cylons have been just too quiet. They are nowhere to be found. The robotic race that tried to obliterate their creators has gone to parts unknown in deep space. ¬'  The aftermath of the war has created a new, illegal profession: scavenger. Tom Zarek is one, scouring the outer settlements for valuable Cylon technologies and artifacts and usually returning empty-handed. But now, he and the crew of the Cruiser Lightning have found the Omega Station, a scientific station shrouded in secrecy beyond the edge of charted space. This is it, the big score, except something is wrong'Ķthe base is still occupied, not by humans, but by Cylons! ¬'  The Battlestar Galactica , one of the oldest warships in the fleet, receives the Lightning'Äôs distress call, a cryptic one-word message: 'ÄúCylons. 'Äù William Adama, newly promoted to second-in-command, is worried. Most of his crew are green, new recruits, not prepared for anything but the most routine missions. And, as Adama soon discovers, this mission is anything but routine. Omega is indeed full of Cylons, but also something much more disturbing . . .

Craig Shaw Gardner is the author of more than 30 books and 50 short stories, including the novels A Malady of Magicks, Dragon Sleeping, and the New York Times bestselling novelization of Batman Returns. He lives in Arlington, Massachusetts with his wife and the two cats that run their lives.