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Clarke winner Tade Thompson is making a triumphant return to science fiction with FAR FROM THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN ( US | UK: link coming soon), an unforgettable vision of humanity’s future among the stars. We’re thrilled to announce that Arthur C. You can find Ken MacLeod on Twitter Cover Launch: FAR FROM THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN by Tade Thompson MacLeod is a fiercely intelligent, prodigiously well-read author who manages to fill his books with big issues without weighing them down’ Salon ‘Prose as sleek and fast as the technology it describes. A nova has appeared in our sky’ Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Star Fraction ‘He is writing revolutionary science fiction. ‘Ken MacLeod is up there with Banks and Hamilton as one of the British sci-fi authors you absolutely have to read’ SFX But in the heights of Venus and on a planet of another star, a secret is already being uncovered that will shake humanity to its foundations. Exiled by the establishment, she gets an offer to build her starship from an unlikely source. The equations work, but her paper is discredited – and soon the criticism is more than scientific. When a brilliant scientist gets a letter from herself about faster-than-light travel, she doesn’t know what to believe. BEYOND THE HALLOWED SKY hits shelves in November and you can pre-order your copy now! Read on for a taste of what’s in store. Humankind is on the precipice of a great discovery – the invention of faster-than-light travel – that will unlock a universe of new possibilities, and new dangers. We’re delighted to reveal the cover for BEYOND THE HALLOWED SKY, the first novel in the Lightspeed trilogy, from science fiction legend Ken MacLeod. Cover Launch: BEYOND THE HALLOWED SKY by Ken MacLeod We can’t wait to share Some Desperate Glory with you next year! In the meantime, please join us in welcoming Emily to Orbit. Neither of them knows any Latin yet, but it is not for lack of trying. She now lives in Hertfordshire, where she passes her time teaching Latin and Ancient Greek to schoolchildren who have done nothing to deserve it. She grew up in London and studied Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge, followed by a Master’s degree in Humanities at the University of Chicago. She trusts and even loves Command, but when they assign the wrong missions – her beloved brother Magnus to a useless suicide and her to bear sons until she dies trying – she knows she has to take humanity’s revenge into her own hands.īut she soon learns that not everything she’s been raised to believe is true and the Wisdom is far more complex and dangerous than she could ever have imagined.Įmily Tesh, a two-time Astounding Award finalist, is the author of the World Fantasy Award-winning Greenhollow Duology. Kyr lives in the bowels of Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, training for the day she can avenge the destruction of planet Earth at the hands of the all-powerful, reality-shifting weapon known as the Wisdom. It’s about overcoming indoctrination and who you must become when every choice is stripped from you. By turns epic and intimate, it’s coming-of-age story about what empires and systems of war do to the young soldiers in their care.
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A thrillingly told queer space opera full of complex characters and boundless imagination. To date, Oprah has chosen 65 selections for her book club.Orbit UK is delighted to announce the acquisition of World Fantasy Award-Winning author Emily Tesh’s highly anticipated debut novel, SOME DESPERATE GLORY. Oprah launched Oprah's Book Club from The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 17, 1996.