A routine salvage mission uncovers evidence of a terrible crime and relics of a powerful ancient technology, just as Haimey and her small crew run afoul of pirates at the outer limits of the Milky Way and find themselves both on the run, and in possession of ancient, universe-changing technology. Haimey Dz thinks she knows what she wants. She lives in Massachusetts.A space salvager and her partner make the discovery of a lifetime that just might change the universe in this wild, big-ideas space opera from multi award-winning author Elizabeth Bear. She has won the Hugo Award more than once. She writes in both the science fiction and fantasy genres and has won critical acclaim in both. Campbell award for Best New Writer in 2005 and has since published fifteen novels and numerous short stories. Hamilton-“Bear’s ability to create breathtaking variations on ancient themes and make them new and brilliant is, perhaps, unparalleled in the genre” (Library Journal, starred review).Įlizabeth Bear won the John W. Energetic and electrifying, Ancestral Night is a dazzling space opera, sure to delight fans of Alastair Reynolds, Iain M. But when they make a shocking discovery about an alien species that has been long thought dead, it may be the thing that could tip the perilous peace mankind has found into full-out war. They pilot their tiny ship into the scars left by unsuccessful White Transitions, searching for the relics of lost human and alien vessels.

Theirs is the perilous and marginal existence-with barely enough chance of striking it fantastically big-just once-to keep them coming back for more. Halmey Dz and her partner Connla Kurucz are salvage operators, living just on the inside of the law…usually. “Outstanding…Amid a space opera resurgence, Bear’s novel sets the bar high.” -Publishers Weekly (starred review)A space salvager and her partner make the discovery of a lifetime that just might change the universe in this wild, big-ideas space opera from Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear.

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