Jaine Fenn is een auteur wiens korte verhalen zich vaak verdiepen in de complexe wisselwerking tussen waarheid en fictie. Haar werk kenmerkt zich door een scherpe observatie van de menselijke natuur, waarbij sciencefiction en fantasy worden vermengd met een onderscheidende stem. Fenn blinkt uit in het creëren van meeslepende werelden en boeiende personages die op emotioneel niveau diep resoneren bij de lezers. Haar vermogen om de onvoorspelbare essentie van het leven in haar verhalen vast te leggen, maakt haar een belangrijke stem in de hedendaagse literatuur.
This collection showcases the unique storytelling of an award-winning author known for blending innovative science fiction with off-kilter fantasy elements. Readers can expect a diverse range of imaginative narratives that push the boundaries of genre conventions. Each story reflects the author's distinctive voice and creative vision, making it a compelling read for fans of speculative fiction.
The story follows Lizzie Choi, who grapples with a shocking message from her brother claiming he's dead, initially dismissing it as a prank. As an employee at the influential Everlight Corporation, Lizzie is already burdened by her family's troubled past, particularly her mother's wrongdoings. The unexpected news of her brother's death forces her to confront deeper family issues and the implications of her brother's life and choices.
Short novels are movie length narratives that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This audio collection showcases the best-of-the-best science fiction novellas published in 2017 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form of story-telling. A very cool heist on Mars pays homage to the classic film, The Italian Job, in “The Martian Job,” by Jaine Fenn. In “The Tale of the Alcubierre Horse,” by Kathleen Ann Goonan, a group of highly gifted children steals a luxury spaceship and kidnaps a physicist for a voyage to a new planet far outside the solar system. A human living in a crowded city on an alien planet risks her life to gather information on enigmatic aliens while also investigating the death of an exterminator in “How Sere Picked Up Her Laundry,” by Alexander Jablokov. In “Proof of Concept,” by Gwyneth Jones, scientists must partner with a reality show to attract funding for an experiment to achieve instantaneous transport from a dying Earth to another planet. A problem with the local birds threatens the rebuilding of Bikini Island as sea-levels rise due to global warming in “The Proving Ground,” by Alec Nevala-Lee. Finally, in “The Speed of Belief,” by Robert Reed, three diplomats are sent by the Great Ship to a planet of intelligent rivers to negotiate for worlds to colonize.
Jarek Reen aims to save the lost world of Serenein and bring it into human-space. To do so, he seeks a shiftspace beacon created by the Sidhe, an ancient race thought to be extinct. With the help of a renegade female Sidhe and her Angel companions, Jarek must navigate challenges to unite Serenein with humanity.
When paranoia is a way of life, trust doesn't come easily. This is a compelling space opera from 'a star in the making'.
The sky is falling, and only one dilettante scientist can save the world, in the startling finale of the Shadowlands duology
Khesh City floats above the surface of the uninhabitable planet of Vellern. Topside, it's extravagant, opulent, luxurious; the Undertow is dark, twisted and dangerous. Khesh City is a place where nothing is forbidden - but it's also a democracy, of sorts, a democracy by assassination, policed by the Angels, the élite, state-sponsored killers who answer only to the Minister, their enigmatic master. Taro lived with Malia, his Angel aunt, one of the privileged few, until a strange man bought his body for the night, then followed him home and murdered Malia in cold blood. Taro wants to find the killer who ruined his future, but he's struggling just to survive in the brutal world of the Undertow. Then an encounter with the Minister sets him on a new course, spying for the City; his target is a reclusive Angel called Nual. Elarn Reen is a famous musician, sent to Khesh City as the unwilling agent of mankind's oldest enemy, the Sidhe. To save her own life, she must find and kill her ex-lover, a renegade Sidhe. Though they come from different worlds, Taro and Elarn's fates are linked, their lives apparently forfeit to other people's schemes. As their paths converge, it becomes clear that the lives of everyone in Khesh City, from the majestic, deadly Angels to the barely-human denizens of the Undertow, are at risk. And Taro and Elarn, a common prostitute and an uncommon singer, are Khesh City's only chance . . .
An eccentric noblewoman scientist's journey into a strange new land will change her world forever, in this enthralling science fantasy novel.