Beyond the Burn Line by Paul McAuley - ISBN: 9781399603720
Paperback
Far future, intelligent species, mind-wrecking plague, and a search for visitors.

Beyond the Burn Line

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  • Paperback

    464 pages

  • Release Date

    5 December 2023

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Summary

In the deep future beyond the burn line of the Anthropocene and the extinction of humanity, the city states of an intelligent species of bear have fallen to a mind-wrecking plague. The bears’ former slaves, a peaceable, industrious and endlessly curious people, believe that they have inherited the bounty and beauty of their beloved Mother Earth. But are they alone?

After the death of his master, a famous scholar, Pilgrim Saltmire vows to complete their research into sightings of so-ca…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399603720
ISBN-10:1399603728
Author:Paul McAuley
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Gollancz
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:5 December 2023
Weight:320g
Dimensions:198mm x 126mm x 36mm
About The Author

Paul McAuley

Paul McAuley (Born 1955)

Paul James McAuley was born in Gloucestershire on St George’s Day, 1955. He has a Ph.D in Botany and worked as a researcher in biology at various universities, including Oxford and UCLA, and for six years was a lecturer in botany at St Andrews University, before leaving academia to write full time. He started publishing science fiction with the short story “Wagon, Passing” for Asimov’s Science Fiction in 1984. His first novel, 400 Billion Stars won the Philip K. Dick Award in 1988, and 1995’s Fairyland won the Arthur C. Clarke and John W. Campbell Awards. He has also won the British Fantasy, Sidewise and Theodore Sturgeon Awards. He lives in London.

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