The novel “Light” by M. John Harrison was published for the first time in 2002. It won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award and the Finnish Tähtivaeltaja Award. It’s the first book in the Kefahuchi Tract sequence.

In 1999 , Michael Kearney is going to achieve a considerable advancement in the field of quantum physics with his colleague Brian Tate but is haunted by a kind of spectrum he calls Shrander. He’s convinced that this creature wants him to kill someone periodically, what does all this have to do with the Kefahuchi Tract, a strange cosmic disturbance recently discovered?

In 2400, Seria Mau Genlicher is a K-ship pilot. This means that she’s become part of the starship through surgery and various implants. She stole her spaceship and has become a freelance killer. A job the brings her to face the mysteries of the Kefahuchi Tract.

Ed Chianese is a former space pilot who looks for excitement seeking technological artifacts left by ancient races that have ventured close near the Kefahuchi Tract. He has a sort of addiction to virtual reality and owes money to the Cray sisters, two criminals he’s fleeing from.