GAVIN DEAS - Empires : Extraction , in hardback , First Edition / Impression published by Gollancz in 2014 .

This book is signed by both authors - I met Gavin at the Gollancz Festival and Stephen at the Edge-Lit Festival .

The second novel in the Empires series - by Gavin Smith and Stephen Deas , writing together as Gavin Deas .

" This groundbreaking collaboration between two Gollancz authors tells of the invasion of Earth by two different alien races - at the same time . Two men become aware of the threat , and must work to sabotage the invasion plans and see off the aliens .

" Each book follows one hero , uncovering the threat to humanity and the world from their point of view . Each book can be read on its own , and will give the reader a complete , kinetic , fast-paced military SF story . But read both books and the reader gets something else - another view of (some of) the same events and crossover points , culminating in a bloody battle at Canary Wharf .

" The two books can be read in any order , but together they tell the story of humanity caught in the crossfire between two deadly alien races , who have made Earth their battleground ... " 

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