‘Aye, that I was. Good morning to you, Waterwalker. And young Salrana, of course. And I think you must be Burlal. Am I right?’

  The boy gave a cautious nod, clinging tighter to Edeard’s leg.

  ‘Well congratulations and then some, Waterwalker, that was quite a sight. I’ve just spent the night up on top of the mountain where the air’s clearest. Didn’t want to miss anything. After all, it’s not every day you get to see an entire universe evolve, is it?’

  ‘My first time, as well,’ Edeard told him.

  ‘Aye well, it’s over now.’ Lionwalker Eyre gave Salrana a roguish smile. ‘It’s nice for an old romantic like me to see you two back together.’ A finger wagged at Edeard. ‘Don’t you go messing it up again, lad.’

  ‘I won’t,’ Edeard said quietly.

  ‘Well, I’d best be off. I expect you two have a lot to talk about.’ He started walking briskly down the road.

  ‘Wait,’ Edeard called after him. ‘Where are you going?’

  ‘Onwards,’ the Lionwalker replied with a wave. ‘Always onwards.’

  THE EVOLUTIONARY VOID

  Also by Peter F. Hamilton

  The Greg Mandel series

  Mindstar Rising

  A Quantum Murder

  The Nano Flower

  The Night’s Dawn trilogy

  The Reality Dysfunction

  The Neutronium Alchemist

  The Naked God

  In the same Timeline

  A Second Chance at Eden

  The Confederation Handbook

  (a vital guide to the Night’s Dawn trilogy)

  Fallen Dragon

  Misspent Youth

  The Commonwealth Saga

  Pandora’s Star

  Judas Unchained

  The Void trilogy

  The Dreaming Void

  The Temporal Void

  For Felix F. Hamilton

  who arrived at the start of the Void.

  Don’t worry, Daddy’s world

  isn’t really like this.

  First published 2010 by Macmillan

  This electronic edition published 2010 by Macmillan

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  Copyright © Peter F. Hamilton 2010

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