Iron gods - 2

The Spin, an ancient artificial cluster of eighty-eight planets and twenty-two suns - is in decline.

The boundaries of the formerly prosperous Inside have shrunk to a mere eleven planets, their trade routes are cut off, and their last remaining source of income comes from selling the services of their vast industrial slave-colony - The Hive.

Then a group of Hivers escape. Led by Seldyan, they steal the last remaining legacy battleship, reverse the trance that has been imposed on it for eight thousand years, and leave the Inside behind.

Their destination: the free colony of Web City.