A new Wraeththu Mythos novel. Humanity’s time is done. Wraeththu’s time has begun. Independent, isolationist and protected by the geography and legends surrounding the Rift of the Damned, the hara of the Gold Country live off what they can salvage from the sunken cities and abandoned towns. While hara of tribes elsewhere awaken to their newfound abilities, learn their bodies and discover new gods, the har-men of the Gold Country cling to the old, familiar ways of the human era. Even before they were har, the folks of Cinder Hill fought against the tides of an ever-changing world, cursing the laws and politicians that killed every industry, except for Wild West tourism. Now, the laws have gone, the world itself torn apart to birth a wild new way of being. But in Cinder Hill echoes of the past linger on; hara who still deny the changes in themselves get by in the only way they know how – as their hardworking human ancestors once did. When Tyse and his salvage trawler crewmates haul a mysterious object from the ocean, they initiate a series of events that will bring change to the Gold Country, whether those who live there want it or not. Tyse discovers that his terrifying new state of being is the only way to combat an implacable threat that seeks to eradicate all hara from the Gold Country and beyond. Powerful predators have appeared, their origins unknown, and none can hide from these deadly and apparently indestructible hunters. None except – perhaps – a har in control of his own powers. Gritty and uncompromising, E. S. Wynn brings a new vision to the ground-breaking Wraeththu Mythos, where the humanity remaining in hara fights to resist the inevitable change, and old prejudices and conditioning hamper the evolution of an isolated tribe. With an introduction by Storm Constantine.

Vaetta is not human. Vaetta is a synthetic female who looks human, a Valkyrie-model agent, but far more than a mere robot. Her world is overcrowded, and its resources have reached the breaking point. The humans who govern this parallel Earth need a solution to their civilization's problems - and quick! The perfect opportunity seems to present itself when a strange, androgynous visitor appears from an inexplicable portal to another world. His name is Tyse, and he too is seeking help, because his people, a Wraeththu tribe, are also under threat. He reveals how his world is sparsely populated, following the demise of humankind and the rise of a civilization known as Wraeththu who now hold power. In Vaetta's world, the Wraeththu have never even appeared... To Vaetta's creators, Tyse's arrival seems to offer a golden opportunity - a resource-rich world ripe for the taking and the portal to reach it. The existing inhabitants, living in the ruins of a former civilization, and not even human, can hardly impede plans for mass colonization. Vaetta is chosen to lead a troupe of Valkyries to Tyse's Earth to scout, explore and begin preparations for invasion. But Vaetta soon discovers that her owners' assumptions are incorrect and what waits for her on the other side of the Conduit - the portal to Tyse's Earth - is a situation far beyond her own people's imaginations. Just who and what is the mysterious Dragon? Why do alien emotions begin to course through her synthetic mind? Some things just don't make sense to her, until a fatal meeting through which she discovers a history with far-reaching implications covering all realities. A deft and page-turning climax to E. S. Wynn's popular 'Gold Country' series, 'Voices of the Silicon Beyond' opens up intriguing new vistas in the Wraeththu Mythos.