Michael Cobley

Produced as tribute to Neuromancer, William Gibson's genre defining novel, Night, Rain, and Neon is a volume of all new stories written by some of the sharpest and most insightful authors of cyberpunk and post-cyberpunk fiction around, curated by editor Michael Cobley. "...this anthology offers something to enjoy here for any cyberpunk enthusiast - especially those who like it urban, grimy, and dangerously plausible." - Publishers WeeklyCome see what the near future might hold...Contents: Introduction by Michael CobleyHello, Goodbye - Stewart HotstonFour Green Fields - Ian McDonaldAll The Precious Years - Al Robertson Forever in Scotland - Callum McSorleyAssets - Keith Brooke & Eric BrownThe Still Small Voice - Louise CareyMindstrings - Jeremy SzalTabula Rasa - Danie Ware Collision Detection - Tim MaughanWe Appreciate Power - Gavin SmithA Game Of Clones - Justina RobsonAccumulated Damage - Simon MordenThe Thirteenth Clone Of Casimir Ivanovitch - Jon Courtenay GrimwoodElijah Of The 1000 Faces - Gary GibsonVR Enclave - DA Xiaolin SpiresDigital Salt - Corey J White Terms And Conditions - Joseph Elliott-ColemanThe Goruden-Mairu Job - T.R. NapperAbout the Authors

'Proper galaxy-spanning space opera' Iain M. Banks on Seeds of EarthAction-orientated sci-fi with a spaceship crewed by rogues and scoundrels, perfect for fans of Star Wars, Firefly or FarscapeFor Pyke and his crew it should have been just another heist. Travel to a backwater desert planet, break into a museum, steal a tracking device then use it to find a ship buried in the planet's vast and trackless sandy wastes. Except that the museum vault is a bio-engineered chamber, and the tracking device is sought after by another gang of treasure hunters led by an old adversary of Pyke's, the devious Raven Kaligara. Also, the ship is a quarter of a million years old and about two kilometres long and somewhere aboard it is the Essavyr Key, a relic to unlock all the treasures and technologies of a lost civilisation . . .'Splintered Suns splices new and old space opera, cyberpunk, quest fantasy and heist caper -- the maddest thing I've read since Van Vogt!' Ken MacLeod"Splintered Suns is a masterpiece of future nostalgia. All who love mischievous interstellar derring-do in pursuit of ancient relics of departed races as well as exotic panoplies of sentient species, all who love space opera should feast upon this generous novel. Let us revel in the admirable jaunty technicolour richness which Mike Cobley serves up so entertainingly-for this is how the universe ought to be" Ian Watson, author of the Games Workshop Warhammer 40K novels Space Marine and The Inquisition Wartrilogy

A speed of light space adventure novel of a treasure hunt that could unlock all the wonders of a vast and advanced civilization's lost technologies. For Pyke and his crew it should have been just another heist. Travel to a backwater desert planet, break into a museum, steal a tracking device then use it to find a ship buried in the planet's vast and trackless sandy wastes. Except that the museum vault is a bio-engineered chamber, and the tracking device is sought-after by another gang of treasure hunters led by an old adversary of Pyke's, the devious Raven Kaligara. Also, the ship is quarter of a million years old and about two kilometres long and somewhere aboard it is the Essavyr Key, a relic to unlock all the treasures and technologies of a lost civilization . . .

Science fiction on an epic scale - a stand-alone science fiction adventure set in Michael Cobley's bestselling Humanity's Fire universe. Perfect for fans of Iain M. Banks or James S. A. Corey's Expanse series. Now in paperback

A new standalone epic space opera, set in the same world as the Humanity's Fire trilogy. No world is safe.The Warcage: two hundred worlds harnessed to an articial sun in a feat of unprecedented stellar engineering. Built to travel through space as a monument to peace between alien species, now its voracious rulers have turned it into a nightmarish wasteland, capturing new planets for slaves and resources, then discarding the old. Now, when a verdant agri-world is pulled out of its orbit, the captain of a smuggler ship must journey into the Warcage to rescue his crew.

A multi-layered, 21st century take on the classic tropes of space opera by a bold new voice in British science fiction

A multi-layered, 21st century take on the classic tropes of space opera by a bold new voice in British science fiction.

A multi-layered, 21st century take on the classic tropes of space opera by a bold new voice in British science fiction.

SHADOWGOD continues the epic tale, begun in SHADOWKINGS, of resolve and sacrifice, and a world teetering on the brink of endless, terrible night