Chris Moriarty
Sometimes a ghost of a chance is all you get.,Award-winning author Chris Moriarty returns to a dazzling cyber-noir far future in this gritty, high-stakes thriller where the only rule is â€œEvolve . . . or die.â€,Â ,The Age of Man is ending. The UNâ€™s sprawling interstellar empire is failing as its quantum teleportation network collapses, turning once-viable colonies into doomed island outposts. Humanityâ€™s only hope of survival is the Drift: a mysterious region of space where faster-than-light travelâ€”or something far strangerâ€”seems possible. As mercenaries and pirates flock to the Drift, the cold war between the human-led UN and the clone-dominated Syndicates heats up. Whoever controls the Drift will chart the future course of human evolutionâ€”and no one wants to be left behind in a universe where the price of failure is extinction.,When the AI called Cohen ventures into the Drift, he diesâ€”allegedly by his own handâ€”and his consciousness is scattered across the cosmos. Some of his ghosts are still self-aware. Some are insane. And one of them hides a secret worth killing for. Enter Major Catherine Li, Cohenâ€™s human (well, partly human) lover, who embarks on a desperate search to solve the mystery of Cohenâ€™s deathâ€”and put him back together. But Li isnâ€™t the only one interested in Cohenâ€™s ghosts. Astrid Avery, a by-the-book UN navy captain, is on the hunt. So is William Llewellyn, a pirate who has one of the ghosts in his head, which is slowly eating him alive. Even the ghosts have their own agendas. And lurking behind them all is a pitiless enemy who will stop at nothing to make sure the dead donâ€™t walk again.,Praise for ,Ghost Spin,
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, â€œComplexity is the watchword here, of thought, idea, narrative, character and plot. . . . Highly rewarding.â€,â€”,Kirkus Reviews,
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, â€œRewarding . . . The adaptations humans make to survive in the hostile environments of other worlds, a galaxy teetering on the edge of singularity . . . are genuinely visionary.â€,â€”,Publishers Weekly,
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, â€œThis stand-along â€˜spin-offâ€™ offers a compelling tale of adventure/suspense blended with cybernoir and high-tech sf.â€,â€”,Library Journal,
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, â€œAn excellent read: gripping, fast-paced, provocative and handsome.â€,â€”Tor.com,Â , â€œA brilliant mix of space opera, cyberpunk, and just plain great writing, Moriartyâ€™s work is some of the most impressive in science fiction today.â€,â€”SFRevu
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Ghost Spin