Series Guide

The Gap Cycle

by Stephen R. Donaldson

Donaldson's five-volume space opera of piracy, alien menace and three of the most damaged people in the genre — Wagner's Ring retold without anaesthetic.

In the Guide

The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story

1991 · book 1

The most uncompromising opening in major space opera: the Gap Cycle's reputation as the genre's darkest essential series starts with this deliberately misshapen, unforgettable first movement.