This arrangement has worked so well that peace has reigned for 300 years, so long that no one would even know how to conduct a war if one were to break out.
In 2454, nations, called Hives, are no longer based upon geographical location but upon intellectual and philosophical alignment. I haven't had this much fun with a book in a long time." -Max Gladstone, author of Three Parts DeadĪt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.War and chaos loom in this conclusion to the story begun in Too Like the Lightning (2016), in which a child with godlike powers disrupts a supposedly serene future society built on Enlightenment principles. " Seven Surrenders veers expertly between love, murder, mayhem, parenthood, theology, and high politics. Shot through with astonishing invention, Ada Palmer's Seven Surrenders is the next movement in one of the great SF epics of our time. And both Mycroft and Carlyle are privy to the greatest secret of all: Bridger, the child who can bring inanimate objects to life. Carlyle Foster, counselor, sensayer, has secrets as well, and they burden Carlyle beyond description. Mycroft Canner, convict, sentenced to wander the globe in service to all, knows more about this conspiracy the than he can ever admit. And yet the balance is beginning to give way. So that no faction can ever dominate, and the balance holds.
A few secret murders, mathematically planned. In a future of near-instantaneous global travel, of abundant provision for the needs of all, a future in which no one living can remember an actual war.a long era of stability threatens to come to an abrupt end.įor known only to a few, the leaders of the great Hives, nations without fixed locations, have long conspired to keep the world stable, at the cost of just a little blood. Provocative, erudite, inventive, resplendent." -Ken Liu, author of The Grace of Kings "A cornucopia of dazzling, sharp ideas set in rich, wry prose that rewards rumination with layers of delight. Campbell Award winner, Ada Palmer, the second book of Terra Ignota, a political SF epic of extraordinary audacity *2018 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL CATEGORY*įrom 2017 John W.
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