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Creation machine by Andrew BannisterIt is the aftermath of civil war in the vast pageant of planets and stars known as The Spin. Three years since he crushed the rebellion, Viklun Haas, industrialist and leader of the Hegemony, is eliminating all remnants of the opposition. Starting with his own daughter. But Fleare Haas, fighter for Society Otherwise has had a long time to plan her next move. Sprung from her remote monastery prison and reuniting with a team of loyal friends, Fleare's journey will take her across The Spin to the cluster of fallen planets known as the The Catastrophy Curve and from exile, to the very frontiers of war.
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Survival Game
by Gary Gibson
The artefact destroyed an ancient civilization. But will they be next? Katya is a scientist, working on a classified project for the Russian Empire. She's also desperate. Her bosses want to exploit her knowledge and send her on an incredible, dangerous mission. And if she refuses, her father's life will be forfeit. Katya must retrieve an artefact that will grant new life to the dying Russian tsar. She's therefore being sent deep undercover on an alternate version of Earth, to an American-controlled island. Here Borodin, the tsar's spymaster, will be watching her. On the island Katya and Jerry, an American adventurer, form an uneasy alliance. They discover the artefact will call down terror from the depths of space, yet Katya's superiors refuse to listen. But Katya and Jerry's worlds face extinction, so the artefact must be destroyed at any cost. Two civilizations depend upon it.
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Beacon 23 : the complete novel
by Hugh Howey
"For centuries, men and women have manned lighthouses to ensure the safe passage of ships. It is a lonely job, and a thankless one for the most part. Until something goes wrong. Until a ship is in distress. In the twenty-third century, this job has movedinto outer space. A network of beacons allows ships to travel across the Milky Way at many times the speed of light. These beacons are built to be robust. They never break down. They never fail. At least, they aren't supposed to. "
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| The Obelisk Gate by N.K. JemisinIn this sequel to the Hugo Award-winning novel The Fifth Season, the world known as Stillness is on the verge of collapse. Essun, who can harness geological forces to physically reshape her surroundings, may be able to prevent the apocalype. However, Essun's priority is searching for her lost daughter, Nassun, who travels with her father -- Essun's ex-husband who murdered their son and attempted to kill Essun for possessing an orogene's abilities. Complex characters, detailed world-building, and thought-provoking meditations on identity and human nature make this book a must-read. |
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Lament for the Fallen by Gavin Chait'Father, tell me a story?' asks Isaiah, moments before a strange craft falls from the sky and smashes into the jungle near his isolated West African community. Inside the ruined vessel the villagers find the shattered body of a man. His name is Samara and he is a man unlike any the villagers have seen before a man who is perhaps something more than human. With his city home of Achenia hiding in the rubble left by a devastating war, Samara has fallen 35,000 km to earth in order to escape the automated hell of an orbiting prison called Tartarus. As he struggles to heal himself, he helps transform the lives of those who rescued him but in so doing attracts the attention of the brutal warlord who rules over this benighted, ravaged post-21st century land. He is not a man to be crossed, and now he threatens the very existence of the villagers themselves and the one, slim chance Samara has of finding his way home and to the woman and the world he loves. And all the while in the darkness above waits the simmering fury that lies at the heart of Tartarus.
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| Invasive by Chuck WendigPlagued by a future only she can envision, FBI consultant Hannah Stander helps law enforcement with cases involving bleeding-edge technologies -- hackers, bio-weapons, artificial intelligence -- and the threats to national security that these represent. Now she faces her strangest case yet, as Agent Hollis Copper summons her to an unusual crime scene: a lakeside cabin with more than 1000 dead bodies in it. Set in the world of the author's Zer0es, Invasive combines the adrenaline-fueled plots of Michael Crichton's techno-thrillers with the spooky chills of The X-Files. |
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| Foundation by Isaac AsimovThis opening installment of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series introduces mathematician Hari Seldon, who develops psychohistory -- a branch of science that uses probability and statistics to forecast future events as they apply to large societies. When his work predicts the collapse of the Galactic Empire and a subsequent Dark Age lasting millennia, Seldon establishes a foundation dedicated to preserving human knowledge and culture until such time as it can be resurrected and a new society established. |
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| Consider Phlebas by Iain BanksAs the Culture and the Idiran Empire engage in ongoing interstellar warfare, shapeshifting mercenary Bora Horza Gobuchul is chosen for a special covert mission by the Idirans, who believe that he may be able to bypass the Dra'Azon guardian of Schar's World and gain access to the forbidden planet. Originally published in 1987, Consider Phlebas kicks off the ten-volume Culture Universe series. While the novels need not be read in any particular order, readers who enjoy the characters and plot of Consider Phlebas may be interested in Look to Windward, a loose sequel. |
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| Dune by Frank HerbertDune and its five original sequels are among the most famous and beloved science fiction novels of all time. They tell the sprawling, epic story of an interstellar empire and its potential messiah, Paul Atreides, who has inherited control of the planet that is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices" and the most valuable substance in the universe. Burgeoning with the complex politics, religion, ecology, and dynastic intrigue of author Frank Herbert's vividly created and comprehensive universe, Dune has been hailed as "an astonishing science fiction phenomenon" (The Washington Post) and "one of the monuments of modern science fiction" (The Chicago Tribune). |
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| Hyperion by Dan SimmonsThink Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, only in space and full of cosmic horror. Set in the 28th-century, this intricately plotted novel follows seven pilgrims on a voyage to the world of Hyperion to visit the Valley of Time Tombs and the Shrike, a god-like creature that may answer their prayers or destroy them all. En route, the pilgrims take turns telling their tales, which reveal their histories and hint at their ultimate fates. Hyperion and its sequel, The Fall of Hyperion, set the stage for the Hyperion Cantos, which includes Endymion and The Rise of Endymion. For another space-faring tale of storytelling pilgrims in search of a great and terrible deity, check out James Gunn's Transcendental. |
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