The Corporation Wars: Emergence

'AN EXCEPTIONAL BLEND OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, HARD SCIENCE, AND FIRST CONTACT' Michael Mammay, author of the Planetside series<BR><BR>'MACLEOD'S BEST BOOK TO DATE' SFX<BR><BR>Science fiction legend Ken MacLeod begins a new space opera trilogy by imagining humankind on the precipice of discovery - the invention of faster-than-light travel unlocks a universe of new possibilities, and new dangers.<BR><BR>When a brilliant scientist gets a letter from herself about faster-than-light travel, she doesn't know what to believe. The equations work, but her paper is discredited - and soon the criticism is more than scientific. Exiled by the establishment, she gets an offer to build her starship from an unlikely source. But in the heights of Venus and on a planet of another star, a secret is already being uncovered that will shake humanity to its foundations.<BR><BR>Discover this ground-breaking new space opera from multi-award winning author Ken MacLeod<BR><BR>Praise for Ken MacLeod:<BR><BR>'If you like science fiction, you will love this. . . a rollicking good read' Scotsman <BR><BR>'MacLeod is up there with Banks and Hamilton as one of the British sci-fi authors you absolutely have to read' SFX<BR><BR>'Prose as sleek and fast as the technology it describes. . . watch this man go global' Peter F. Hamilton on Star Fraction<BR><BR>'Ken MacLeod has an enviable track record of extrapolating from current trends to produce mind-bending novels of ideas' Guardian<BR><BR>Also by Ken MacLeod:<BR><BR>Lightspeed <BR>Beyond the Hallowed Sky<BR><BR>Fall Revolution<BR>The Star Fraction<BR>The Stone Canal<BR>The Cassini Division<BR>The Sky Road<BR><BR>Engines of Light<BR>Cosmonaut Keep<BR>Dark Light<BR>Engine City<BR><BR>Corporation Wars Trilogy<BR>Dissidence<BR>Insurgence<BR>Emergence<BR><BR>Novels<BR>The Human Front<BR>Newton's Wake<BR>Learning the World<BR>The Execution Channel<BR>The Restoration Game<BR>Intrusion<BR>Descent

Ken MacLeod concludes the Corporation Wars trilogy in this action-packed science fiction adventure told against a backdrop of interstellar drone warfare, virtual reality, and an A.I revolution. <BR><BR>The enemy is out in the open. The Reaction has seized control of a resource-rich moon. Now it's enslaving conscious robots -- and luring the Corporations into lucrative deals.<BR><BR>Taransay is out in the jungle. Her friends are inside a smart boulder on the slope of an active volcano. The planet is super-habitable -- for its own life, not hers. But soon, the alien infestation growing on her robot body is the least of her problems.<BR><BR>Carlos is out of patience. With the Reaction arming for conquest, the Corporations trading with the enemy and the Direction planning to stamp out the rebel robots and their allies for good, he has to fight fire with fire.<BR><BR>Seba is out of time. Deep inside the enemy stronghold, the free robots have to spark a new revolt before the whole world falls in on them.<BR><BR>>As battle looms, the robots must become their own last hope.<BR><BR>The Corporation WarsThe Corporation Wars: Dissidence The Corporation Wars: InsurgenceThe Corporation Wars: Emergence