Descendant Machine
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
From the award-winning author comes a gripping, fast-paced and fascinating science fiction adventure. Vividly imagined and sharply written, fans of Ann Leckie and Becky Chambers will be engrossed.







From the award-winning author comes a gripping, fast-paced and fascinating science fiction adventure. Vividly imagined and sharply written, fans of Ann Leckie and Becky Chambers will be engrossed.
From award-winning author Gareth L. Powell, the second book in the critically acclaimed Embers of War space opera series.
Award-winning author Gareth L. Powell delivers an explosive conclusion to his epic Embers of War trilogy.
From BSFA Award winning author Gareth L. Powell comes the first in a new epic sci-fi trilogy exploring the legacies of war The sentient warship Trouble Dog was built for violence, yet following a brutal war, she is disgusted by her role in a genocide. Stripped of her weaponry and seeking to atone, she joins the House of Reclamation, an organisation dedicated to rescuing ships in distress. When a civilian ship goes missing in a disputed system, Trouble Dog and her new crew of loners, captained by Sal Konstanz, are sent on a rescue mission. Meanwhile, light years away, intelligence officer Ashton Childe is tasked with locating the poet, Ona Sudak, who was aboard the missing spaceship. What Childe doesn't know is that Sudak is not the person she appears to be. A straightforward rescue turns into something far more dangerous, as Trouble Dog, Konstanz and Childe find themselves at the centre of a conflict that could engulf the entire galaxy. If she is to save her crew, Trouble Dog is going to have to remember how to fight...
From the multi BSFA award-winner comes a stunningly inventive action-packed science-fiction epic adventure. A brand-new series for fans of Becky Chambers and Ann Leckie.
Das Portal in unsere Zukunft Als der heruntergekommene Künstler Ed Rico mit ansehen muss, wie sein Bruder vor seinen Augen in einem Raumportal mitten in London verschwindet, weiss er, dass die Zukunft angebrochen ist. Er beschliesst, sich auf die Suche nach seinem Bruder zu begeben und geht ebenfalls durch das Portal - und landet auf fremden Welten, auf denen der Kampf um die Ressourcen der Galaxis längst begonnen hat ... Gareth Powell studierte Creative Writing, schrieb unter anderem für die Irish Times und hat bereits mehrere Science-Fiction-Kurzgeschichten und -Romane veröffentlicht. Er lebt in Bristol.