Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books: Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2013
Krina Alizond-114 is a bookish historian of accountancy practices and a metahuman in a universe where the last natural humans went extinct 5000 years ago. When a letter from her sister goes missing
Krina embarks on a dangerous journey across galaxies and
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“The enjoyment one gets from a Stross novel doesn’t just come from his fascinating characters and plot; it can also be found in his elaborate explanations of the elements that make up his universe. Stross’ second Freyaverse novel is easy to get lost in, with detailed depictions of everything from complex monetary systems to the structure of life on planets made mostly of gas. His world is not only absorbing, but also feels like a hauntingly realistic possibility for the future.” —RT Book Reviews (4 stars)
Charles Stross is the author of the bestselling Merchant Princes series, the Laundry series, and several stand-alone novels, including Glasshouse, Accelerando, and Saturn’s
Children. Born in Leeds, England, in 1964, Stross studied in London and Bradford, earning degrees in pharmacy and computer science. Over the next decade and a half he worked as a pharmacist, a
technical writer, a software engineer, and eventually as a prolific journalist covering the IT industry. His short fiction began attracting wide attention in the late 1990s; his first novel,
Singularity Sky, appeared in 2003. He has subsequently won the Hugo Award twice. He lives with his wife in Edinburgh, Scotland, in a flat that is slightly older than the state of Texas.
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