The 2nd Edition of the Award-Winning novel! Revised and re-edited, with 70 pages of additional scenes including a preview of the sequel to The Lightning in the Collied Night, The Loss of What Is Past: In the mid-21st century, a brilliant American physicist joins a secret mission to travel through the galaxy's lone stable wormhole. When a series of challenges threaten the project, she must find another way to accomplish its objective: save the human race. With help from an unexpected ally, the young scientist races to harness the universe's mightiest force and preserve humanity's future.