A NEW NOVEL OF REAL SF FROM WIL McCARTHYSpace: a tycoon's playground. From a space station full of women to a monastery on the Moon, from a Martian reality-TV contest to a solar shade large enough to cool the Earth, the dreams of a handful of trillionaires dictate the future of humanity. Outside the reach of Earthly law and with the vast resources of the inner solar system at their disposal, the “Four Horsemen” do exactly as they please.The governments of E...

A wildly original alien contact novel, set against a vivid backdrop of near-Earth corporate intrigue.Trillionaire Igbal Renz has constructed a starship capable of making the twenty-year journey to Alpha Centauri. So why is he stopping at barely one-tenth that distance, with a cargo of a hundred frozen scientists and diplomats? Rumors abound that Renz Ventures, Inc., has made contact with . . . something. And yet, as deadly stealth ships prowl the space lanes and as...

EXILED FROM IMMORTALITY!Brash and idealistic, they were rebels without a cause in a world governed by science, reason … and immortality. Banished for their troubles to the starship Newhope, they now face a bold future: to settle the worlds of Barnard’s Star. NowKing Bascal Edward de Towaji Lutui, former prince of the Queendom of Sol, together with Captain Xiomara “Xmary” Li Weng and her lover, first mate Conrad Mursk, face a perilous voyage with thousands of their fellow exi...

Conclusion to the groundbreaking Queendom of Sol seriesOnce the Queendom of Sol was a glowing monument to humankind’s loftiestdreams. Ageless and immortal, its citizens lived in peaceful splendor. But as Solbuckled under the swell of an immorbid population, space itself literally ran out. …Conrad Mursk has returned to Sol on the crippled starship Newhope. His crew arethe frozen refugees of a failed colony known as Barnard’s Star. A thousand yearsol...

Forty light years from earth, the colonists on the world of Unua have somehow managed to keep civilization struggling on, despite twice daily earthquakes and technology lagging far behind that of the mother planet. But now an Unuan mining expedition has discovered an alien mineral they name centrokrist—a stone of incomparable beauty. Yet when the Earth scientists at last arrive to investigate, they find a phenomenon eclipsing this discovery. For this double-sunned solar system is nestled r...

*** A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK ***Mycora: technogenic life. Fast-reproducing, fast-mutating, and endlessly voracious. In the year 2106, these microscopic machine/creatures have escaped their creators to populate the inner solar system with a wild, deadly ecology all their own, pushing the tattered remnants of humanity out into the cold and dark of the outer planets. Even huddled beneath the ice of Jupiter's moons, protected by a defensive system known as the Immunity, survivors ...

THE LUNAR MONASTERY TAUGHT PEOPLE HOW TO LIVE IN SPACE . . . AND THEN ONE OF ITS STUDENTS WAS MURDEREDWho owns the future?Homicide detective Raimy Vaught is a losing contestant in the biggest reality show ever: the colonization of Mars. Brother Michael is a Benedictine monk who just wants to help the future happen. Andrei Bykhovski is an asteroid miner desperately escaping indentured servitude. Bridget Tobin is a hydroponic farmer studying ...

Humanity has conquered the Solar System. What’s more, death itself has been vanquished. Wellstone—programmable matter—insures that no one need every die, or indeed, age past adulthood. But for the children of immortal parents, life remains a constant state of arrested development. And a prince shall remain a prince forever, never inheriting the throne. So what is a minor royal to do?Bascal Edward de Towaji Lutui is tired of his parents—the Queen of Sol and her consort—treating his ...

** WALDENBOOKS BOOK OF THE WEEK **** LOCUS RECOMMENDED READING LIST **An alien armada from the center of Orion makes its deadly way through the galaxy, destroying all human life in the process, and only Marine Corporal Kenneth Jonson and the Aggressor Six team can stop the onslaught.REVIEWS:"An intense and satisfying novel."—Walter Jon Williams"Wil McCarthy brings thought and insight to the realm of fast-paced, action science fiction. AGGRESSOR...

David Sanger, an ambitious young physicist, attends a party at which a pompous older scientist, who just happens to have thrwarted the younger man's innovative ideas, is murdered. Suddenly it is not just David's career, but his life that is at stake. Are his ideas that important? Who's out to stop David from changing the world?REVIEWS:"Exceptionally good. Besides being an excellent mystery, it is a convincing look at the near future of nanotechnology."—Vernor Vinge

CONCLUSION TO THE GROUNDBREAKING QUEENDOM OF SOL SERIESOnce the Queendom of Sol was a glowing monument to humankind’s loftiest dreams. Ageless and immortal, its citizens lived in peaceful splendor. But as Sol buckled under the swell of an immorbid population, space itself literally ran out. . . .Conrad Mursk has returned to Sol on the crippled starship Newhope. His crew are the frozen refugees of a failed colony known as Barnard’s Star. A thousand ...

A MODERN SCIENCE FICTION CLASSIC FROM WIL MCCARTHYIn the eighth decade of the Queendom of Sol, three commodities rule the day. The first is wellstone, a form of programmable matter capable of emulating almost any substance: natural, artificial, even hypothetical. The second is collapsium, a deadly crystal composed of miniature black holes, vital for the transmission of information and matter—including humans—throughout the solar system. The third is the bitter riva...