Angelmass

"A serious SF novel sneakily posing as an enormous golden-age thrill ride" from the Hugo Award–winning, #1 New York Times–bestselling author (Locus).

Deep in space lies the black hole known as Angelmass, so called because it emits enigmatic particles with the unusual ability to render humans calm, reasonable, and incapable of lying—which would normally be seen as a good thing.

But not by everyone.

For while Empyrean human colonies on the edge of the galaxy utilize the power of the "angels," th...