Future's Edge 8436561093779 and the down payment is

and the down payment is a new magical skill

She has to do it quickly

Even run away from home

from the bestselling author of The Belladonna Maze

wise words

Future's Edge 8436561093779 and the down payment isAbout Future's Edge By Gareth L. Powell When archaeologist Ursula Morrow accidentally infects herself with an alien parasite, she fears she may have jeopardised her career. However, her concerns become irrelevant when Earth is destroyed, billions die, and suddenly no one needs archaeologists anymore Two years later, shes plucked from a refugee camp on a backwater world and tasked with retrieving the artefact that infected her, as it just might hold