Beyond the Reach of Earth by Ken MacLeod - ISBN: 9780356514802
Paperback
Faster-than-light travel awakens ancient aliens, and humanity faces cosmic dangers.

Beyond the Reach of Earth

Book Two of the Lightspeed Trilogy

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    13 June 2023

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Summary

‘IF YOU LIKE SCIENCE FICTION YOU WILL LOVE THIS… A ROLLICKING GOOD READ’ Scotsman on Beyond the Hallowed Sky

‘MACLEOD’S BEST BOOK TO DATE’ SFX on Beyond the Hallowed Sky

THE FERMI ARE AWAKE.

With the invention of faster-than-light travel there is nowhere that humanity cannot go. New worlds are discovered, but with them come new dangers.

At the heart of the discovery is the Fermi, mysterious beings that have survived on alien …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780356514802
ISBN-10:0356514803
Author:Ken MacLeod
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Orbit
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:13 June 2023
Weight:254g
Dimensions:198mm x 126mm x 28mm
Series:Lightspeed trilogy
What They're Saying

Critics Review

An exceptional blend of international politics , hard science , and first contact

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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