Shortlisted For The Cilip Carnegie Medal 2017! Step Aboard - The Universe Is Waiting. The Great Network Is A Place Of Drones And Androids, Hive Monks And Station Angels. The Place Of The Thousand Gates, Where Sentient Trains Criss-cross The Galaxy In A Heartbeat. It Is Also A Place Of Great Dangers - Especially For Someone Who Rides The Rails And Rides His Luck The Way Zen Starling Does. Once Zen Was Just A Petty Thief, Stealing To Support His Family And Living By His Wits. Now Everything Has Changed. Zen Is Still A Thief - But It Could Be That The Key To The Whole Universe Rests On Finding Out What Else He Is...