Dark Light: 2nd in the 'Engines Of Light' series of books

MacLeod, Ken

ISBN 10: 1841491098 / ISBN 13: 9781841491097

Published by Time Warner / Orbit, 2002

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© 2001: 2nd in the 'Engines Of Light' series of books. 1st printing of 2002 edition:- Synopsis: The Second Sphere was founded by gods and populated with a host of kidnapped alien races. For Matt Cairns and the cosmonauts of the Bright Star it is their new home, but their unexpected arrival may trigger disaster. For, hidden among the stars, the gods still watch over their creation. And they do not tolerate dissent:- Review(s): "Stunningly assured, inventive and intelligent" - Iain M Banks / "A classic saga. Heartily recommended" - SFX / "MacLeod continues to add massive new levels of sophistication to the traditional space opera" - Starlog / "Magnificent. A series you'd be wise to follow from the start" - Starburst / "He is writing revolutionary SF. A nova has appeared in our sky" - Kim Stanley Robinson / "The wit and thrust are like a needle shower" - Mail On Sunday / "Prose sleek and fast as the technology it describes" - Peter F Hamilton:- (original cost £6.99).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dark Light: 2nd in the 'Engines Of Light' series of books
• Publisher: Time Warner / Orbit
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841491098
• ISBN 13: 9781841491097
• Binding: Paperback: 7" x 4¼"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Lee Gibbons
• Edition: 2002 Edition
• Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

'A modern-day George Orwell' - SFX

'A hectic ride, through slaloms of audacious complexity, irreverent ingenuity and paradox as purposeful as it is playful' - GUARDIAN

The Second Sphere is thousands of light years away from Earth - if Earth still exists. For Matt Cairns and the cosmonauts of the Bright Star, this distant corner of the galaxy is their new home.

But the Second Sphere is also home to other civilisations, lifted from their worlds by a race of god-like aliens. On Croatan, two of these civilisations live a precarious co-existence, separated by eons of technological advance. The arrival of the Bright Star is an event that may trigger disaster, for this is the first human-crewed starship to arrive at the ancient colony.

And all the time, hidden among the stars, the gods are watching. They have always been watching.

Following on from COSMONAUT KEEP, which was shortlisted for the 2002 Hugo Award, this is the second book in the dazzling new space opera series by one of SF's most exciting new authors.
Books by Ken MacLeod:

Fall Revolution
The Star Fraction
The Stone Canal
The Cassini Division
The Sky Road

Engines of Light
Cosmonaut Keep
Dark Light
Engine City

Corporation Wars Trilogy
Dissidence
Insurgence
Emergence

Novels
The Human Front
Newton's Wake
Learning the World
The Execution Channel
The Restoration Game
Intrusion
Descent

About the Author

Ken MacLeod was born on the Isle of Lewis and now lives in Gourock, Scotland. He has a postgraduate degree in biomechanics and worked for some years in IT. Since 1997 he has been a full-time writer. He is the author of seventeen novels, from The Star Fraction (1995) to The Corporation Wars (2018), and many articles and short stories. He has won three BSFA awards and three Prometheus Awards, and been short-listed for the Clarke and Hugo Awards.

He was a Writer in Residence at the ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum at Edinburgh University, and Writer in Residence for the MA Creative Writing course at Edinburgh Napier University.

Ken MacLeod's blog is The Early Days of a Better Nation

http://kenmacleod.blogspot.com

His twitter feed is @amendlocke