Beyond the Reach of Earth

Ken MacLeod

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PYR
20 June 2023

Space opera; Hard Science Fiction

Ken MacLeod is back with a stellar interstellar addition to the Lightspeed trilogy! THE FERMI ARE AWAKE...

The invention of faster-than-light technology has brought great opportunity, but also great danger.

The Black Horizon conspiracy is broken up, but it still has deadly assets beyond the reach of Earth. As the great powers jostle for advantage, the alien minds known as the Fermi have their own ways of dealing with humans meddling in plans vaster and more ancient than anyone can suspect.

After the Venus catastrophe, John Grant's starship Fighting Chance and the Space Station have reached Apis--but not for long. They barely have time to mourn the dead before they're chased out of the system. The Station begins exploring the systems Black Horizon warned them against--with good reason, as they soon discover.

On Apis, Alliance agent Marcus Owen has a new mission: to communicate with the alien intelligences in the rocks, and to stop anyone else from getting to them first. Everyone knows he's a spy, but he's not going to let that cramp his style. But the scientists investigating the rock find that the Fermi may not be the only alien intelligence on Apis...

Science fiction legend Ken MacLeod returns with book two in the Lightspeed trilogy, a gripping tale of first contact and dark conspiracies set among the stars.

By: Ken MacLeod
Imprint: PYR
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9781645060659
ISBN 10: 1645060659
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 20 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ken MacLeod lives in Scotland. He has Honours and Master's degrees in biological subjects and worked for some years in the IT industry. Since 1997 he has been a full-time writer. He is the author of nineteen novels, from The Star Fraction (1995) to Beyond the Reach of Earth (2023), and many articles and short stories. His novels and stories have received three BSFA awards and three Prometheus Awards, and several have been short-listed for the Clarke and Hugo Awards.

Reviews for Beyond the Reach of Earth

Beyond the Reach of Earth is a lavish exploration of a wild star-faring future. Ken MacLeod is a fearless extrapolator who has mastered the mind-boggling moves most dear to science fiction readers, from alien terraformers to faster-than light submarines to robot spies. This twisty thriller, latest in the Lightspeed Trilogy, is a must read! --James Patrick Kelly, winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards.