The Gabble: And Other Stories
9 best books like The Gabble: And Other Stories (Neal Asher): Embers of War, The Steel Remains, Shadow Captain, Permafrost, Stealing Light, Empire of Light, Terminal World, Nova War, Salvation
Author | Gareth L. Powell |
ISBN | 1785655183 |
The warship Trouble Dog was built and bred for calculating violence, yet following a brutal war, she finds herself disgusted by conflict and her role in a possible war crime. Seeking to atone, she joins the House of Reclamation, an organisation dedicated to rescuing ships in distress.
But,...
Author | Richard K. Morgan |
ISBN | 0575084812 |
A dark lord will rise. Such is the prophecy that dogs Ringil Eskiath—Gil, for short—a washed-up mercenary and onetime war hero whose cynicism is surpassed only by the speed of his sword. Gil is estranged from his aristocratic family, but when his mother enlists his help in freeing a cousin sold into...
Author | Alastair Reynolds |
ISBN | 0575090634 |
The gripping sequel to the Locus award winning science fiction adventure, Revenger, tells a story of obsession and betrayal as two sisters hunt for the greatest treasure in the universe.
Adrana and Fura Ness have finally been reunited, but both have changed beyond recognition. Once desperate...
Fix the past. Save the present. Stop the future. Alastair Reynolds unfolds a time-traveling climate fiction adventure in Permafrost.
2080: at a remote site on the edge of the Arctic Circle, a group of scientists, engineers and physicians gather to gamble humanity’s future on one last-ditch...
Author | Gary Gibson |
ISBN | 0330445960 |
For a quarter of a million years, an alien race has been hiding a vast and terrible secret
In the 25th century, only the Shoal possess the secret of faster-than-light travel (FTL), giving them absolute control over all trade and exploration throughout the galaxy. Mankind has operated within...
Author | Gary Gibson |
ISBN | 0230706819 |
The third novel in the Shoal space opera series featuring Dakota Merrick continuing from Stealing Light and Nova War
The nova war has begun to spread as the Emissaries wage a fierce and reckless campaign, encroaching on the area of space occupied by humanity and forcing the Shoal into a desperate...
Author | Alastair Reynolds |
ISBN | 0575088508 |
Spearpoint, the last human city, is an atmosphere-piercing spire of vast size. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous city-states, each of which enjoys a different - and rigidly enforced - level of technology. Horsetown is pre-industrial; in Neon Heights they have television...
Author | Gary Gibson |
ISBN | 0230706800 |
Before I even launch into this review I have one word: Emissary.
Imagine an alien race that is half Cthulhu, half Mammoth and all bad attitude. If that doesn’t inspire you to read Nova War I’m afraid nothing will.
What a fun book! Filled with violence and sense-of-wonder, the second...
Author | Peter F. Hamilton |
ISBN | 0399178848 |
Humanity's complex relationship with technology spirals out of control in this first book of an all-new trilogy from "the owner of the most powerful imagination in science fiction" (Ken Follett).
In 2204, humanity is expanding into the wider galaxy in leaps and bounds. A new technology of...