The novel “Empty Space” by M. John Harrison was published for the first time in 2012. It’s the third novel in the series of Kefahuchi Tract.

Anna Waterman managed to find a bit of stability in her life after her ex-husband, the physicist Michael Kearney, disappeared, presumed dead. But things always seem somewhat get complicated so she has a difficult relationship with his daughter and at a certain point she adds strange events such as seeing her house on fire and the feeling of Michael’s presence.

In the 25th century, the crew of the Nova Swing is looking for alien artifacts. In the course of that illegal activity they find a very special one. Meanwhile, the assistant has to investigate on the appearance of a number of corpses floating in the air.