A NEW WAR A revolt of the middle, of ordinary people fed up with taxes, bureaucracy, government interference. A rebellion destined to fail—until fate tipped the scales and gave them the power to win. A NEW WEAPON The Time-Space Separation unit, "Tisser" for shod. A device that wipes out chunks of spacetime, then'knits the edges of reality back together, leaving no memory of the places or people who vanished. WAR OF OMISSION An intense, moving and poignant novel of men and women struggling for freedom, learning the cost of awe-some power, and rebuilding the world they destroyed.