Beyond the Hallowed Sky
Book One of the Lightspeed Trilogy
$24.46
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2021
Summary
‘AN EXCEPTIONAL BLEND OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, HARD SCIENCE, AND FIRST CONTACT’ - Michael Mammay, author of the Planetside series
‘MACLEOD’S BEST BOOK TO DATE’ - SFX
Science fiction legend Ken MacLeod begins a new space opera trilogy by imagining humankind on the precipice of discovery - the invention of faster-than-light travel unlocks a universe of new possibilities, and new dangers.
When a brilliant scientist gets a letter from herself about faster-than-light trav…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780356514796 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 035651479X |
| Author: | Ken MacLeod |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Orbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Lightspeed trilogy |
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Critics Review
An exceptional blend of international politics, hard science, and first contact – Michael Mammay, author of PLANETSIDEMacLeod is up there with Banks and Hamilton as one of the British sci-fi authors you absolutely have to read – SFXScience fiction’s freshest new writer … MacLeod is a fiercely intelligent, prodigiously well-read author who manages to fill his books with big issues without weighing them down – SalonMacleod’s best book to date – SFX (starred review)If you like science fiction, you will love this… a rollicking good read – Scotsman
About The Author
Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod was born on the Isle of Lewis and now lives in Gourock, Scotland. He has a postgraduate degree in biomechanics and worked for some years in IT. Since 1997 he has been a full-time writer. He is the author of seventeen novels, from The Star Fraction (1995) to The Corporation Wars (2018), and many articles and short stories. He has won three BSFA awards and three Prometheus Awards, and been short-listed for the Clarke and Hugo Awards.
He was a Writer in Residence at the ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum at Edinburgh University, and Writer in Residence for the MA Creative Writing course at Edinburgh Napier University.
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