Darren Boyd was born on January 30, 1971 in Hastings, East Sussex, England. He is an actor and writer, known for Imagine Me & You (2005), Four Lions (2010) and Spy (2011). He has been married to Amanda Ashy since January 24, 2004.
The book's plot involves a planet inhabited by evolved spiders (Portia labiata) uplifted by human scientist Avrana Kern, and their much later discovery by the last humans alive in the universe. The work plays off the contrast between the societal development of the spiders and the barbaric descent of the starship crew of the last humans
