Beyond The Line

Patrick Hewitt had never thought of himself as any kind of hero or saviour, rather just a pretty relaxed and ordinary guy. A former-soldier-turned-linguist, he was on assignment to the lonely research station orbiting planet Delphi, situated far beyond the recognised galactic boundary line of human colonisation. Here his duties were routine, mostly involving interaction with the android human-lookalikes who, as humans were forbidden direct contact with the indigenous inhabitants for fear of 'contaminating' their medieval-era society, carried out all the surface study and exploration.But when a bunch of ruthless mercenaries arrive and take control of the space station, Hewitt finds himself flung into a desperate escape bid followed by a gruelling fight for survival amidst an unforgiving desert. Can he defy the odds and rally the native Delphinians against all the raw power of human avarice and technology. Does he really have what it takes to become a latter-day Lawrence of Arabia way out here - Beyond The Line?