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A superb collection of short fiction from 'the mastersinger of space opera' THE TIMES

The anthology features a curated collection of outstanding short stories from British and British-based science fiction authors, showcasing the best talent in the genre over the past eight years. Edited by Donna Scott, this award-winning series highlights the strength and diversity of contemporary British SF, offering readers a selection of exceptional narratives that reflect the creativity and innovation of its contributors.

Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones, which she called shatterlings. She sent them out into the galaxy to observe and document the rise and fall of countless human empires. Now someone is eliminating them

Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten thousand disparate city states orbiting the planet Yellowstone.Ingvar Tench was one of Panoply's most experienced operatives. So why did she walk alone and virtually unarmed into a habitat with a vicious grudge against her organisation?As his colleagues pick up the pieces, Dreyfus must face his conscience. Four years ago, when an investigation linked to one of his most dangerous adversaries got a little too personal, Dreyfus arranged for Tench to continue the enquiry by proxy.In using her - even though he had his reasons - did Dreyfus also put her in the line of fire?And what does Tench's misadventure tell him about an enemy he had hoped was dormant?Praise for Alastair Reynolds:'A leading light of the new British space opera' Los Angeles Review of Books on Alastair Reynolds'One of the giants of the new British space opera' io9 on Alastair Reynolds'[Reynolds is] a mastersinger of the space opera' The Times (UK) on Blue Remembered Earth'[Reynolds] is the most gifted hard SF writers working today' Publishers Weekly on Beyond the Aquila Rift

"[A] tour de force... Ravishingly inventive."-Publishers Weekly The highly-acclaimed first novel in the Revelation Space universe-a debut that has redefined the space opera with a staggering journey across vast gulfs of time and space to confront the very nature of reality itself... Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself. With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity. But as he closes in on the secret, a killer closes in on him. Because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason, and if that reason is uncovered, the universe and reality itself could be irrevocably altered...

The Inhibitors are back and Humanity is doomed! Many, many millennia ago, the Inhibitors seeded the universe with machines designed to detect intelligent life - and then to suppress it. But after hundreds of millions of years, the machines started to fail and intelligent cultures started to emerge. Then Dr Dan Sylveste and the crew of Infinity discovered what had happened to the long-vanished Amarantin race ...and awakened the Inhibitors. On Yellowstone, where no one is quite who they appear, the Inquisitor and the planet's Most Wanted War Criminal are watching as the Inhibitors turn a small group of planets into raw materials. Whatever they are building with those materials is not going to be good for Humanity. Once again, Al Reynolds has produced a stunning, universe-spanning space opera of mind-blowing proportions. Big in size, big in concepts, REDEMPTION ARK will leave you gasping at its audacity and breathless at its conclusion. This is British SF at its absolute best.

Late in the twenty-sixth century, the human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger the Inhibitors - alien killing machines designed to detect intelligent life and destroy it. The only hope for humanity lies in the recovery of a secret cache of doomsday weapons -and a renegade named Clavain who is determined to find them. But other factions want the weapons for their own purposes - and the weapons themselves have another agenda altogether...

The once-utopian Chasm City—a doomed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet—has been overrun by a virus known as the Melding Plague, capable of infecting any body, organic or computerized. Now, with the entire city corrupted—from the people to the very buildings they inhabit—only the most wretched sort of existence remains. For security operative Tanner Mirabel, it is the landscape of nightmares through which he searches for a low-life postmortal killer. But the stakes are raised when his search brings him face to face with a centuries-old atrocity that history would rather forget.

Prefect Tom Dreyfus investigates a murderous attack on one of the space habitats of the Glitter Band--a crime that has left nine hundred people dead--and uncovers a plot by a mysterious entity seeking total control of the region.

A stellar new science fiction adventure from the author who redefined space opera, set in his bestselling Revelation Space universe. For thirty years a tiny band of humans has been sheltering in the caverns of an airless, crater-pocked world called Michaelmas. Beyond their solar system lie the ruins of human interstellar civilization, stalked by a ruthless, infinitely patient cybernetic entity determined to root out the last few bands of survivors. One man has guided the people of Michaelmas through the hardest of times, and given them hope against the wolves: Miguel de Ruyter. When a lone human ship blunders into their system, and threatens to lead the wolves to Michaelmas, de Ruyter embarks on a desperate, near-suicide mission to prevent catastrophe. But an encounter with a refugee from the ship--the enigmatic woman who calls herself only Glass--leads to de Ruyter's world being turned upside down.

Winner of The British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel of the YearOne of Locus and Science Fiction Chronicle's "Best SF Novels of the Year" Legendary space opera writer Alastair Reynolds returns to the world of Revelation Space with this British Science Fiction Award-winning stand-alone novel about a young man hell-bent on revenge on the surface of a twisted, disease-corrupted planet. The once-utopian Chasm City--a domed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet--has been overrun by a virus known as the Melding Plague, capable of infecting any body, organic or computerized. Now, with the entire city corrupted---from the people to the very buildings they inhabit--only the most wretched sort of existence remains. For security operative Tanner Mirabel, it is the landscape of nightmares through which he searches for a lowlife postmortal killer. But the stakes are raised when his search brings him face to face with a centuries-old atrocity that history would rather forget.

Look further into the dark heart of mankind: awe-inspiring doomsday weapons, vicious AIs, cities overwhelmed by plagues that twist and meld man and machine in this further leap into the darkly imagined future of Revelation Space.

In the third book of the legendary Revelation Space trilogy, the last remnants of humanity realize that forging an alliance with a greater and even more mysterious alien force may be their only chance for survival.The Inhibitors were designed to eliminate any life form reaching a certain level of intelligence -- and they've targeted Humanity. War veteran Clavain and a ragtag group of refugees have fled into hiding. Their leadership is faltering, and their situation is growing more desperate. But their little colony has just received an unexpected an avenging angel with the power to lead mankind to safety -- or draw down its darkest enemy.And as she leads them to an apparently insignificant moon light-years away, it begins to dawn on Clavain and his companions that to beat one enemy, it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much worse . . ."Absolution Gap is a good as it gets, and should solidify Alastair Reynolds' reputation as one of the best hard SF writers in the field." -- SF Site

As human colonists settle on the planet of Amarantin, a world whose native inhabitants mysteriously vanished nearly a million years before, one man, Dan Silvester, becomes convinced that their disappearance could hold the key to human survival on the planet, but he soon discovers that someone will do anything to hide the truth. A first novel. Reprint.

In Diamond Dogs, Richard Swift heads to the planet Golgotha, home to a mysterious structure, which is responsible for the destruction of a starship, and in Turquoise Days, one woman holds the key to preserving life on the plant of Turquoise. Reprint.

A fabulous collection spanning the galaxies and career of SF superstar Alastair Reynolds

Chiku Yellow is earthbound: living a peaceful life on a changing world as humanity explores a thousand new ways to experience life. Chiku Red is space-bound: blasted into deep space to investigate Eunice Akinya's last journey, and maybe discover the final secrets of space travel. Chiku Green is planet-bound: travelling thousands of lightyears to the planet Crucible. A new home for humankind; it's a habitable planet hosting a fascinating alien labyrinth. All three are Chiku Akinya. All three are pivotal to our future in space. All three are in danger.

Gathered here for the first time are Alastair Reynolds' stories and novelettes set in the universe of REVELATION SPACE, his first bestselling blockbuster.

Renowned for his remarkable storytelling, Eric Brown stands out as one of the UK's finest science fiction authors. His award-winning works captivated readers and showcased his exceptional talent. Beyond his literary achievements, Brown's warm personality and genuine nature endeared him to many, making him not only a celebrated writer but also a cherished friend to those who knew him.

Verity Auger is a specialist in the archaeological exploration of Earth, rendered uninhabitable after the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. Verity uses a back door into an unstable alien transit system and discovers something astonishing at the far end of a wormhole :mid twentieth century Earth, preserved like a fly in amber. Is it a window into the past, a simulation, or something else entirely.

In 2057, Bella Lind and the crew of the Rockhopper mine comets for their ice, but when Janus, one of Saturn's ice moons, inexplicably leaves its orbit and heads out of the solar system at high speed, Lind is assigned to follow it.

Eversion is a superb, original Gothic SF novel. A small group of intrepid explorers are in search of a remote and mysterious artefact. It's a well-funded expedition, well organised, which is lucky as they're sailing north of Bergen on the schooner Demeter, searching for a narrow inlet which will lead them to a vast uncharted lake - and their goal --Until disaster strikes.Doctor Silas Coade wakes from disturbing dreams, on the steamship Demeter, in pursuit of an extraordinary find almost too incredible and too strange to believe, secreted within a lagoon in the icy inlets of Patagonia. But as they come in sight of their prize he and the crew see they are not the first to come so far: there is a wreck ahead, and whatever ruined it may threaten them as well--Shaking off his nightmares, Doctor Silas Coade joins his fellow exploders on the deck of the zeppelin Demeter and realises something has already gone dangerously wrong with their mission. If any of them are to survive, then he will have to take the exploration - and their lives - into his own hands . . .

BLUE REMEMBERED EARTH is the first volume in a monumental trilogy tracing the Akinya family across more than ten thousand years of future history ... out beyond the solar system, into interstellar space and the dawn of galactic society. One hundred and fifty years from now, in a world where Africa is the dominant technological and economic power, and where crime, war, disease and poverty have been banished to history, Geoffrey Akinya wants only one thing: to be left in peace, so that he can continue his studies into the elephants of the Amboseli basin. But Geoffrey's family, the vast Akinya business empire, has other plans. After the death of Eunice, Geoffrey's grandmother, erstwhile space explorer and entrepreneur, something awkward has come to light on the Moon, and Geoffrey is tasked - well, blackmailed, really - to go up there and make sure the family's name stays suitably unblemished. But little does Geoffrey realise - or anyone else in the family, for that matter - what he's about to unravel. Eunice's ashes have already have been scattered in sight of Kilimanjaro. But the secrets she died with are about to come back out into the open, and they could change everything. Or shatter this near-utopia into shards ...

Featuring Inspector Dreyfus - one of Alastair Reynolds most popular characters - this is a fast paced SF crime story, combining a futuristic setting with a gripping tale of technology, revolution and revenge. One citizen died a fortnight ago. Two a week ago. Four died yesterday . . . and unless the cause can be found - and stopped - within the next four months, everyone will be dead. For the Prefects, the hunt for a silent, hidden killer is on . . . Alastair Reynolds has returned to the world of The Prefect for this stand-alone SF mystery in which no one is safe. The technological implants which connect every citizen to each other have become murder weapons, and no one knows who or what the killer is - or who the next targets will be. But their reach is spreading, and time is not on the Prefects' side.

Humans beware. As the robotic revolution continues to creep into our lives, it brings with it an impending sense of doom. What horrifying scenarios might unfold if our technology were to go awry? From self-aware robotic toys to intelligent machines violently malfunctioning, this anthology brings to life the half-formed questions and fears we all have about the increasing presence of robots in our lives. With contributions from a mix of bestselling, award-winning, and up-and-coming writers, and including a rare story by “the father of artificial intelligence,” Dr. John McCarthy, Robot Uprisings meticulously describes the exhilarating and terrifying near-future in which humans can only survive by being cleverer than the rebellious machines they have created.

Return to the third book in the Revenger Trilogy, for another thrilling tale of set among the stars . . . Quoins are accepted currency throughout the thousands of worlds of the Congregation. Ancient, and of unknown origin and purpose, people have traded with them, fought for them, and stolen quoin hordes from booby-trapped caches at risk to life and limb throughout the Thirteen Occupations. Only now it's becoming clear they have another purpose . . . as do the bankers who've been collecting them. The Occupations themselves are another puzzle. The rise and fall of civilisation may have been unevenly spaced across history, but there is also a pattern. Could something be sparking the Occupations - or ending them? And if so, what could it be, lurking far beyond the outermost worlds of the Congregation? The Ness sisters are being hunted for crimes they didn't commit by a fleet whose crimes are worse than their own. If they're to survive, and stay one step ahead of their pursuers - if they're to answer the questions which have plagued them - it's going to require every dirty, piratical trick in the book...

In the last surviving human city, an ex-spy gets sucked into a dangerous quest that will take him beyond the city walls when a winged man turns up dead in his morgue in this innovative and original dystopian space adventure. Spearpoint, the last human city, is an enormous atmosphere-piercing spire. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous city-states, each of which enjoys a different - and rigidly enforced - level of technology. Following an infiltration mission that went tragically wrong, Quillon has been living incognito, working as a pathologist in the district morgue. But when a near-dead angel drops onto his dissecting table, Quillon's world is wrenched apart one more time, for the angel is a winged posthuman from Spearpoint's Celestial Levels - and with the dying body comes bad news. If Quillon is to save his life, he must leave his home and journey into the cold and hostile lands beyond Spearpoint's base, starting an exile that will take him further than he could ever imagine. But there is far more at stake than just Quillon's own survival, for the limiting technologies of the zones are determined not by governments or police, but by the very nature of reality - and reality itself is showing worrying signs of instability ...

In the conclusion of Alastair Reynolds’ epic Poseidon’s Children saga, the Akinya family receives an invitation from across the stars—and a last opportunity to redeem their name... Send Ndege... The cryptic message originated seventy light-years away from the planet Crucible, where Ndege Akinya lives under permanent house arrest for her role in the catastrophe that killed 417,000 people. Could it be from her mother, Chiku, who vanished during a space expedition decades earlier? Ndege’s daughter, Goma, a biologist, joins the crew of the Travertine, dispatched to Gliese 163 to uncover the source behind the enigmatic message. Goma’s odyssey will take her not only into the furthest reaches of space but centuries into her family’s past where the answers to the universe’s greatest mysteries await...

The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilisations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives. And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where to find them ...Captain Rackamore and his crew do. It's their business to find the tiny, enigmatic worlds which have been hidden away, booby-trapped, surrounded with layers of protection - and to crack them open for the ancient relics and barely-remembered technologies inside. But while they ply their risky trade with integrity, not everyone is so scrupulous. Adrana and Fura Ness are the newest members of Rackamore's crew, signed on to save their family from bankruptcy. Only Rackamore has enemies, and there might be more waiting for them in space than adventure and fortune: the fabled and feared Bosa Sennen in particular. Revenger is a science fiction adventure story set in the rubble of our solar system in the dark, distant future - a tale of space pirates, buried treasure and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism ...and of vengeance ...

'A swashbuckling thriller - Pirates of the Caribbean meets Firefly - that nevertheless combines the author's trademark hard SF with effective, coming-of-age characterisation' GUARDIAN 'A blindingly clever imagining of our solar system in the far flung future' SUN Returning to the universe of Revenger, award-winning author Alastair Reynolds delivers another thrilling tale set among the stars. Two sisters ran away from home to join the crew of a spaceship. They took on pirates, faced down monsters and survived massacres . . . and now they're in charge. Captaining a fearsome ship of their own, adventures are theirs for the taking - and there's hoards to loot and treasures to find in the darkest reaches of space. But the rules are also more relaxed out on the fringes, as they're about to discover . . . 'A rollicking adventure yarn with action, abduction, fights, properly scary hazards, very grisly torture and even ghosts of a sort' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'By far the most enjoyable book Reynolds has ever written' SFX

SCIENCE FICTION. Inspired by Sir Arthur C. Clarke's short story A Meeting with Medusa, this novel, with permission from the Clarke Estate, continues the story of Commander Howard Falcon over centuries of space-exploration, interaction with AI, first contact and beyond. All brought to life by two of our greatest SF authors, Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds. Howard Falcon almost lost his life in an accident ...and a combination of human ingenuity and technical expertise brought him back. Not as himself, but as an augmented human: part man, part machine, and exceptionally capable. The Medusa Chronicles charts his journey through time, the changing interaction between humanity and our universe, and combined moments of incredible action with unparalleled exploration of and expansion into space. A compelling read from the beginning, this is classic SF which has appeal for readers who like Gravity and The Martian.

From the author of the Revelation Space series comes an interstellar adventure of war, identity, betrayal, and the preservation of civilization itself. A vast conflict, one that has encompassed hundreds of worlds and solar systems, appears to be finally at an end. A conscripted soldier is beginning to consider her life after the war and the family she has left behind. But for Scur - and for humanity - peace is not to be. On the brink of the ceasefire, Scur is captured by a renegade war criminal, and left for dead in the ruins of a bunker. She revives aboard a prisoner transport vessel. Something has gone terribly wrong with the ship. Passengers - combatants from both sides of the war - are waking up from hibernation far too soon. Their memories, embedded in bullets, are the only links to a world which is no longer recognizable. And Scur will be reacquainted with her old enemy, but with much higher stakes than just her own life.

V roce 2205 – tedy na počátku všech událostí, o nichž vyprávějí příběhy anglického spisovatele Alastaira Reynoldse, čelního představitele nové vesmírné opery – dezertoval Nevil Clavain z pozemské Koalice pro neurální čistotu a připojil se k frakci Spojených. O čtyři sta let později ho vyhrocené události přinutily dezertovat znovu, teď vede výpravu do soustavy Delty Pavonis. Tam v roce 2567 spustil excentrický vědec Dan Sylveste rafinovaně ukrytý alarm vesmířanů, a Zmarové se slétají jako dravci. V třetím Reynoldsově románu se nebojuje pouze o ztracené zbraňové komplety, nýbrž o celou budoucnost lidstva…

Před milionem let vymazala erupce Delty Pavonis civilizaci ptakoještěrů z mapy Galaxie. Jejich planetu kolonizují ve 26. století lidé, kteří díky relativistickým motorům Spojených úspěšně pronikají do vesmíru. Příběh plný intrik a tajných úkolů, zasazený do pochmurného 26. století. Miliardu let stará sudba svede na palubu mezihvězdného korábu Nostalgie nekonečna trojici hrdinů, rozhodnutých dosáhnout svých cílů i přes mrtvoly... Spřádají intriky, čelí tavomoru, šílenství, elektronickým bytostem a prastarým zbraním, které likvidují sebemenší projev inteligentního života. Napínavá vesmírná opera plná mrtvol, neuvěřitelných archeologických nálezů, politických převratů a přehmatů, vražd, nebezpečných výprav a nečekaných zvratů, stojí na moderních astrofyzikálních základech a nabízí jednu z možných odpovědí na otázku, proč je vesmír - kromě nás - tak prázdný.

Druhá kniha z cyklu Odhalený vesmír. Bývalý odstřelovač Tanner Mirabel je hnán pomstou, v kryogenické rakvi na palubě mezihvězdné lodi Ultranautů překoná propast patnácti světelných let, po rozmrazení ho pronásledují nájemní zabijáci i minulost mnoha tváří. V krvavém thrilleru o dlouhé řadě nepotrestaných zločinů není nic jednoznačně jasné – ani kdo je zločinec a kdo kat.

Čtyři staletí po tajném odletu Spojených prvním světlohoncem z Marsu, sto let po příhodách v tavomorem zasažené Kaldeře na Žlutozemi v soustavě Epsilon Eridani a šedesát let po vyvrcholení Odhaleného vesmíru u Delty Pavonis se za dramatických okolností setkávají a utkávají hrdinové, kteří přežili předchozí události: Ultranautky Voljovová a Kuriová, transmutovaný kapitán Brannigan, dvojnásobný dezertér Clavain, Zebra, záhadný pan H i řada nových postav. Na začátku 27. století vrcholí válka mezi Spojenými a Demarchy. Strojová inteligence, která již miliony let dusí v Galaxii inteligentní život, se zaměřila na lidstvo. Ztracené zbraňové komplety musí být nalezeny. A ke všemu hypervepři nalezli zálibu v mučení a vraždění lidí… První kniha ze dvou.

Prozatím poslední příběh temné románové ságy se začíná odvíjet čtyři a půl staletí po tajném odletu Spojených prvním světlohoncem z Marsu, tři sta let po objevení Záhalu v Odhaleném vesmíru, sto padesát roků po příhodách v Kaldeře zasažené tavomorem a padesát let po invazi nepřátelských strojů do soustavy Delty Pavonis v Arše. Píše se rok 2675, před třiadvaceti lety přistála transmutovaná mezihvězdná loď Nostalgie nekonečna na planetě Přetvářečů, kde běženci z Obrody a ze Žlutozemě nalezli dočasný domov. Na Galaxii se řítí zkáza a zmar. Nastává čas Zmarů jsou však jediným nepřítelem lidstva?

Druhá kniha z cyklu Odhalený vesmír. Ze Sluneční soustavy se vypravila Flotila generačních lodí poháněných nebezpečným antilithiem. Z vleklé války na Skyově vítězství profituje černý trh se zbraněmi. Lidské enklávy v soustavě Epsilon Eridani sužuje mor adaptovaný na kybernetiku a nanotechniku. Tři roviny příběhu se proplétají jako zmutované stavby žlutozemského města Kaldery, kam osamělého mstitele Tannera Mirabela zavede pronásledování vraha milované ženy. Rozmotat předivo starých i nových zločinů v bludišti rozkládající se civilizace není vůbec snadné.

Bezcitné stroje již miliardy let likvidují rozvinuté civilizace po celé Galaxii. Lidé získali hyperprostorové zbraně, navíc mají šanci získat spojence, jenže strategické místo ovládá pseudonáboženské společenství a šílený děkan Kveiči. Zatímco po ledových pláních pochodují bizarní katedrály a ctižádostiví mladíci bojují proti zkostnatělým starcům, stroje Zmaru sterilizují kolonizované planety…

Aufbruch zum Jupiter Bei einem schrecklichen Unfall verlor Commander Howard Falcon einst beinahe sein Leben, nur die hochentwickelte Technologie seiner Zeit konnte ihn damals retten. Nun macht er sich – halb Mensch, halb Maschine – auf eine atemberaubende Reise in die Zukunft, eine Reise durch Raum und Zeit. Es ist der Beginn eines Abenteuers, das die Geschichte des Menschen im Universum neu schreiben wird. Mit Die Medusa-Chroniken haben die beiden Science-Fiction-Ikonen Stephen Baxter und Alastair Reynolds erstmals gemeinsam einen Roman geschrieben – ein Meisterwerk der modernen Science-Fiction.

Mladá žena podstoupí rutinní vyšetření mozku. Během následujících dní se jí v hlavě začne ozývat cizí hlas. Vetřelec má podle všeho svou vlastní vůli a cíl. A ona teď stojí před jednou prostou volbou: Vzepřít se nebo spolupracovat. Skupina vědců, inženýrů a lékařů na odlehlé polární základně hraje o budoucnost lidstva asází na poslední zoufalý pokus o jeho záchranu: nepatrně pozměnit minulost a odvrátit tak celosvětovou katastrofu. Zároveň však chtějí ponechat veškerou zaznamenanou historii nedotčenou a zabránit časovému paradoxu. Aby se experiment podařil, musí zrekrutovat ještě poslední chybějící článek: postarší učitelku, jejíž zesnulá matka byla nejpřednější odbornicí na matematiku paradoxu.

Když jeden z malých měsíců Saturnu bez zjevné příčiny opustí svou oběžnou dráhu a zamíří mimo sluneční soustavu, má lidstvo jedinou šanci, chce-li tento záhadný jev prozkoumat zblízka. Posádka Rockhoppera, gigantické těžební lodi, která z odlehlých končin soustavy vypravuje komety k vnitřním planetám lačným po surovinách, tak dostává nový úkol. Kapitánka Bella Lindová ani nikdo jiný z posádky netuší, že je čeká cesta, o jaké by se nesnilo ani hrdinům oblíbených sci-fi seriálů, cesta, která je přenese do netušených dálav prostoru a času. Alastair Reynolds, mistr současné science fiction, dokazuje, že téma, které tak skvěle zpracovali A. C. Clarke v Setkání s Rámou a Greg Bear v Eonu, ještě zdaleka není vyčerpané.