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Definition of the "Science Fiction Genre": The focus of this subgenre of fiction is science and technology, especially as they will possibly exist in a future time. Some of the typical aspects of a Science Fiction ebook are time travel, future worlds with technology that may not even be contemplated at this point, aliens and other life forms, and travelling in space. What separates the Science Fiction subgenre from the Fantasy subgenre of fiction is that the imagined or invented elements of a Science Fiction novel typically have more of a probability of existing. They are based upon scientific principles, not principles of magic.
Some examples of bestselling ebooks in the Science Fiction genre are Frank Herbert (Dune), Isaac Asimov (Foundation), Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game) and George Orwell (1984).
Dan Erikson took a machete to the back. A memorable start to his career as an agent.
In the polluted, crime-filled streets of New York, Dan is left for dead after a disastrous encounter with another gang. But the mysterious Alpha Corporation intervenes and drags him from the brink of death. They give him a choice: serve or die.
Transported to the other side of the world, Dan is introduced to a new bizarre landscape of stats, armor and weapons in a world of warring shards. The corporation assigns him his first real mission: crush a rebellion in the city of Amethyst.
Dan quickly discovers his new powers as a shard agent, a mass-produced super-soldier of the Alpha Corp.
Is Dan up for the job? Or will he be another statistic in the Alpha Corp’s desperate arms race against rival shards?
"I laughed my tail off right up to the very last page, which I read in a local cemetery for just the right ambience. Hats off to you Tom Strelich." –Tom McCaffrey, author of The Claire Saga
That dystopian future they always warned us about?
It turns out we're already in it.
Hertell Daggett isn't what he used to be-he'd once been married, he'd once been a physicist, and he'd once been shot in the head. The doctors got the bullet out, but a few tiny specks of copper stayed behind, floating inside his brain, connecting parts that aren't connected in the rest of us, filaments of species memory going back to the beginning of time. He remembers the yodeling sound of dinosaurs and the rubbery smell of trilobites. He once had a future, but now he's the damaged caretaker of a failing pet cemetery where he discovers a lost civilization, well not lost so much as just misinformed-a time-capsule full of people living beneath his pet cemetery since 1963 due to some bad information they got about the end of the world.
But the world didn't end after all but had wobbled on, while that misinformed civilization stayed where it was, back in the world of 1963. Until Hertell finds them and leads the duck-and-cover civilization into our glorious, mystifying, but often dismaying world, and in the process finds a past he never quite remembered, a love he'd never quite lost, and a future he never quite imagined.
Book of the Year Winner - Humor/Satire - Independent Author Network
Book Of The Year Silver Winner - Science Fiction - Foreword INDIES
Bronze Winner - Literary Fiction - Readers' Favorite
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MARTIAN Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay by Drew Goddard
Winner of the 2022 Audie Awards' Audiobook of the Year
Number-One Audible and New York Times Audio Best Seller
More than one million audiobooks sold
A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this incredible new science-based thriller from the number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Martian.
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance.
Part scientific mystery, part dazzling interstellar journey, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian - while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.
Veteran soldier Raymond "Flip" Kinnely believed his battle days were behind him.
Now, in the quiet twilight of his life, he toils as a janitor for a powerful military contractor, far from the chaos of war. But when he arrives to find his workplace in lockdown, his routine is shattered.
An otherworldly artifact has been discovered, harbored deep in the compound. As his employers attempt to understand how it works, a mysterious prisoner stands on the verge of a brutal interrogation. Through a chance encounter, Flip hears her plea for help. Drawn to her vulnerability, he discovers she may be the only thing standing between Earth and a coming disaster.
Flip must decide: will he walk away and condemn an innocent to torture and death? Or stand against his ruthless employers?
In a moment when age and experience weigh heavily, can one former warrior summon the courage to defy the odds?
"Exceptional worldbuilding and non-stop action combined with heart and compelling characters make Bland's debut a must-read sci-fi book." —Jennifer Brody, award-winning author of The 13th Continuum
"Ferociously intense, furiously kinetic...The Price Of Safety peers into the future to shed light on the present." —BookViral
"...a story that will leave you completely breathless." —Readers' Favorite
INDIE BOOK AWARD FINALIST - SCIENCE FICTION (2020)
INDIE BOOK AWARD FINALIST - THRILLER (2020)
NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARD FINALIST - NEW ADULT FICTION (2020)
MILLENIUM BOOK AWARD - LONGLISTED FOR BEST NOVEL OF THE YEAR (2023)
BY 2047, NO CRIME IN AMERICA GOES UNSOLVED. NO WRONGDOING GOES UNSEEN.
Dray Quintero helped build a perfect society: he designed the government's advanced surveillance technology, ensuring everyone is kept safe and obeys the law. But when his nineteen-year-old daughter Raven commits a capital crime, Dray risks everything to cover up her actions and save her life.
To survive, Dray must outwit the surveillance system he created and avoid the ever-watchful scrutiny of citizens with microcomputers implanted in their brains and eyes. This places him in the crosshairs of Kieran, a ruthless federal Agent.
To protect his family, Dray turns to a group of rebels who discovered the government's darkest secret: the Agency has been using his technology to manipulate and control everyone.
Despite the rebels' help, his adversaries are closing in. Their control is absolute. No one escapes.
Hunted and betrayed, with time running out, Dray must choose between saving Raven and risking her life to expose the truth.
Check out the next series installment, The Price of Rebellion.
Master Sergeant Gant Maker was a highly-decorated and well-respected Marine - until his last mission left him as the sole survivor of an encounter with a vicious race called the Vacra. Served up as a scapegoat and drummed out of the military, he has since lived a life of seclusion with only an adopted alien as a companion.
Now the Vacra have returned. As the only person to have ever faced them and survived, Maker is reinstated in the Corps and given the onerous task of finding this enemy on a world located at the edge of known space. Assisting him is an unlikely band of military rejects, including a blind sharpshooter, an unstable psychic, and a genetically-engineered killing machine who refuses to fight.
Given that the Vacra have superior weapons and technology, Maker recognizes that his team is at a distinct disadvantage. But Marines are nothing if not resourceful, and Maker has an audacious plan that just may level the playing field – if it doesn’t get them all killed.
The void of space is dark and full of pirates.
Edward and Christian Zakarian are about to find out just how dangerous space is.
The only thing worse than an angry brother seeking revenge is a woman scorned.
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Holston Zakarian spent his entire life dedicated to shrinking the time it took to move objects from one place to another. With one invention, he became the richest man on Kalypso.
But using his vast resources to shape the future was easy when weighed against the task of preparing his two sons to build on his legacy.
There’s nothing as dangerous as a jilted lover with the resources to make a man squirm.
Edward Zakarian grew up in the lap of luxury on Kalypso. Despite all of his advantages, Edward can’t avoid the largest landmine in the galaxy. Not that he thinks about Bianca LuClaire now he has Mercedes on his arm.
In battle, only the final outcome matters.
Christian Zakarian is tired of playing second fiddle to his undeserving, playboy brother. Edward may be older than him, but the corporation should go to the best man for the job.
To take his brother out of the running and get what he rightfully deserves, Christian turns to the one person who wants to get back at Edward more than he does. Bianca Luclaire.
The fate of the galaxy rests in their hands. Who will prove to be the better man?
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The second book in Jason LaPier’s thrilling sci-fi trilogy
Justice isn’t what it used to be
Rogue cop Stanford Runstom blew open a botched murder case and was given a promotion – of sorts. But doing PR work for ModPol, the security-firm-for-hire, is not the detective position Runstom had in mind, particularly when his orders become questionable.
Freedom always comes at a price
Despite being cleared of false murder charges, Jax is still a fugitive from justice. When ModPol catches up with him, keeping his freedom now means staying alive at any cost, even if that means joining Space Waste, the notorious criminal gang.
Security can be deadly
When ModPol and Space Waste go head to head, old friends Runstom and Jax find themselves caught between two bloodthirsty armies, and this time they might not escape with their lives.
The best laid plans . . . Fall apart when family gets involved!
Anwyn’s family has always assumed that she’d follow in the footsteps of her illustrious mother and uncle as a diplomat and eventual head of state. But Anwyn is an impulsive rule-breaker, and she’s made other plans: getting off her home planet and seeing the galaxy after training as a starship pilot.
Persuaded to go with her uncle on one diplomatic mission, Anwyn arrives at a planet in the midst of a violent uprising.
Space battles, daring rescues, dramatic chases, firefights and yes, even a bit of diplomacy, all make for a more exciting trip than Anwyn could have imagined. For her uncle has a hidden past that comes to light when they run into a small, specialized band of freelance agents with their own agenda, who know her uncle far too well.
Anwyn will find unexpected allies and dangerous adversaries. But she will need to learn to think before she acts if she wants to help her uncle and survive her journey as a Diplomat’s Apprentice?
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I'm alone. I'm stranded. I'm desperate. But I'm alive...
Grab all TEN books in the bestselling Earthburst Saga for one incredible price, in this great value 3000-page sci-fi box set!
**A pulsating sci-fi thriller series from the author of the global blockbuster Not Alone — perfect for fans of Andy Weir and A.G. Riddle**
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The Earthburst Saga begins with the international bestseller and Kindle Unlimited All-Star title, Last Man Standing:
I wasn’t supposed to survive.
The station has been hit. Everyone around me is dead.
I have 11 hours of life support left and no way of contacting Earth.
I’m alone. I’m stranded. I’m desperate.
But I’m alive.
The more of the station I explore, the surer I get that this was no accident. Someone did this, and I don't think they're finished yet.
Making it home feels like an impossible task, but I'm not just fighting for my own life.
I have to protect my family — whatever it takes.
And as long as I’m breathing, this isn't over.
Because whoever did this almost pulled it off… but they made one big mistake:
They left the wrong man standing...
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This box set contains all NINE novels in The Earthburst Saga:
1) Last Man Standing
2) Into The Fire
3) Operation Starshot
4) The Anomaly
5) Reason To Fear
6) The Last Horizon
7) Echoes Of Destiny
8) The Reckoning
9) All Or Nothing
As an additional bonus TENTH book, you will also receive the series prequel:
10) Beyond The Limit
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Two galaxies. One microbe. The fate of trillions hangs in the balance.
Earth has changed—an unidentified microbe swept the globe, curing all disease and crippling the world economy. Aubrey Hope, heiress to a pharmaceutical empire, will do anything to save her family legacy. Her Hail Mary plan requires a microbiologist, a hacker, and a pop star.
In another galaxy, Matthai Valtrellin, unexpected heir to the high priesthood, is burdened by grief and duty. But when a naked, bloodied alien teleports from the future, claiming to be his mate, his world turns upside down.
Caught between his obligations to her, his family, and the countless Valmoran citizens he is fated to lead, he finds himself torn between fate and destiny. But with the help of a luck-obsessed smuggler, an empathic politician who finds most people 'invariably intolerable', and a four-armed ex-gladiator, he may just find himself on a perilous journey to a mythical planet ... called Earth.
As these complex characters navigate love, duty, and the weight of their own choices, their paths intertwine in unexpected ways. Each must confront their own demons while grappling with forces beyond their control.
The Valmoran Chronicles contains:
A thrilling space opera for fans of Dune, Firefly, and Black Mirror, The Valmoran Chronicles inhabits a universe where superpowers exist, alliances are forged in unlikely places, the boundaries of reality are warped, and first contact is just around the corner.
Dive into this epic adventure where nothing is as it seems, and the truth could reshape two galaxies forever.
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The Valmoran Chronicles: Emergence was originally published as episodes 1-23 of the Kindle Vella serial, The Valmoran Chronicles. It has been extensively revised, with new scenes added, but the story canon remains unchanged.
Ominous Obelisks land on Earth with a single message:
Join the Games to give humanity a fighting chance to survive...
OR ROLL OVER AND DIE...
Too bad for them, Warren isn't the rolling over type.
Cancer may be kicking Warren's a*&, but he's not about to let aliens destroy his home and everything he loves (which is mostly just his dog, Buck).
Besides, what does he have to lose?
Better to die with sword in hand, bleeding out from a head wound, than in some hospital bed...
...his insides shriveled up by an enemy he can't punch.
Once the games begin, Warren can't help but think,
'Maybe hospital beds aren't so bad after all.'
Nah, F-that! If you're going to go out, might as well go out having an impaled taraza (whatever the hell that is) at the end of your blade.
Obelisk System Integration is the start of this epic LitRPG Apocalypse series. This action-packed LitRPG/Progression series has our heroes facing off an alien invasion, academy politics, PvP and tower ascension, all to save Earth from being destroyed.
It's perfect for fans of Defiance of the Fall, Life in Exile, and Apocalypse: Generic System. Grab your copy today!
Five great books - the complete set - at a boxed set price! Adventure with the rangers today!
When Nickie accidentally activates her special functions and finds herself with a stolen ship full of hostile Skaine, she has no choice but to figure out what to do with the cards she has been dealt.
A by-product of her activation, her internal computer system also finds her Aunt Tabitha’s diary in her memory banks. In these accounts, Nickie finds a long-desired link back to her favorite aunt, whose recounted stories help them both to accept the trauma they’ve survived.
The Deuces Wild Complete Series Boxed Set Includes all five books in the series:
Join Nickie, and The Kurtherian Gambit’s original Ranger 2, Tabitha, on these rip-roaring, bar brawling adventures to save the frontier from slavery, arms dealing and the ‘Skaine’ of the universe
TWO LEGENDARY SAGAS. TWELVE COMPLETE NOVELS. ONE MASSIVE COLLECTION.
From humanity's last stand against cosmic extinction to an empire's brutal hunt for a singular warrior, this epic collection
delivers over one million words of pulse-pounding military science fiction action.
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THE GREAT INSURRECTION: THE COMPLETE SAGA (9 NOVELS)
His orders were clear: kill the rebels. His conscience said otherwise.
Once, Alistair Kane was the Commonwealth's deadliest Titan warrior. Now he's marked for execution—his only crime? Mercy.
Rescued by the very rebels he hunted, Alistair undergoes a forbidden transformation. Enhanced abilities. Mutant powers. A price paid in burning red eyes and genetic corruption.
But his physical changes pale against the searing truth: everything he fought for was a lie.
The Commonwealth's iron grip hides a darker purpose. Ancient technologies promise humanity's salvation—or its
extinction. And Alistair's loyalty to his former brothers-in-arms is about to be tested in blood.
Across nine explosive books, Alistair must unite a broken rebellion, master forbidden powers, and become the leader who can challenge an empire.
But the Commonwealth never forgets a traitor.
Can Alistair forge an army from scattered rebels before the Commonwealth's elite warriors hunt him down? And when forced to choose between saving humanity and rescuing his captive wife, which price is too high to pay?
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WAR MACHINE: THE COMPLETE TRILOGY
Dying stars herald humanity's extinction.
Former combat prodigy Constantine de Initium fled his legendary lineage for Mars's red wasteland. But extinction
doesn’t care about personal choice.
Now his classified genetic enhancement holds the key to universal survival. With his grandfather's experimental Trident and his loyal drathe companion Epi, Constantine enters a lethal
competition.
The prize: passage to another universe to confront beings destroying our reality. The cost: activating combat protocols that could shred his humanity.
On Planet Aeacus, battle-hardened warriors face an AI network's deadly trials. Plasma discharges light alien skies. Hull breach alerts pierce recycled air. Every tactical choice echoes across dimensions.
Constantine must master prototype combat systems while leading a strike team of uncertain allies. His enhanced abilities spiral toward dangerous evolution. Within him, a warrior personality named Achilles grows stronger with each engagement.
Through toxic atmospheres and savage firefights, Constantine confronts a truth his legendary grandfathers knew: victory demands sacrifice.
Can
he harness his combat legacy before the last star dies? And if the warrior within him takes control, will humanity recognize its savior?
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IN THIS MASSIVE COLLECTION YOU'LL GET:
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Two heroes. Two desperate fights for survival. One epic collection that will keep you reading through the night.
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Gareth Weston feels old.
After a lifetime as a soldier, he’s retired to a quiet part of Earth where he expects to live out the rest of his days in quiet tranquility. With the universe at peace, he experiences a sense of uselessness.
Long hikes in the woods only go so far in keeping him busy and active.
But sometimes, fate isn’t content to allow obscurity to set in. When a mysterious force descends upon Earth, Gareth learns how battered his body has become. What starts off as a threat to his small community swiftly escalates as the invaders obliterate major cities.
With few chances for survival, and only a rogue doctor as an ally, Gareth must find a way to escape his home.
If you enjoy seasoned heroes, high-stakes action and stories of resilience against impossible odds, then you’ll love Too Old To Die, the complete 9-book sci-fi adventure from John Walker.
“An addictive, action-packed, scorcher of a read!” —#1 New York Times bestselling author Alyson Noël
Some shadows protect you…others will kill you in this dazzling new fantasy series from award-winning author Abigail Owen.
Everything about my life is a lie. As a hidden twin princess, born second, I have only one purpose—to sacrifice my life for my sister if death comes for her. I’ve been living under the guise of a poor, obscure girl of no standing, slipping into the palace and into the role of the true princess when danger is present.
Now the queen is dead and the ageless King Eidolon has sent my sister a gift—an eerily familiar gift—and a proposal to wed. I don’t trust him, so I do what I was born to do and secretly take her place on the eve of the coronation. Which is why, when a figure made of shadow kidnaps the new queen, he gets me by mistake.
As I try to escape, all the lies start to unravel. And not just my lies. The Shadowraith who took me has secrets of his own. He struggles to contain the shadows he wields—other faces, identities that threaten my very life.
Winter is at the walls. Darkness is looming. And the only way to save my sister and our dominion is to kill Eidolon…and the Shadowraith who has stolen my heart.
NAMED A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR & ONE OF THE BEST FANTASY NOVELS OF THE YEAR
“Astonishing and pristine, the kind of debut I love to be devastated by, already so assured and sophisticated that it’s difficult to imagine where the author can go from here. . . . It’s simply a delight from start to finish.” – AMAL EL-MOHTAR, New York Times Book Review
“Follow where this novel leads and you will be lost in a bewitching spell, a book of magic about books of magic . . . extraordinary.” – MARLON JAMES
In this spellbinding debut novel, two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family’s library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection—a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal, and the pursuit of magic and power.
For generations, the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elements—books of magic that half-sisters Joanna and Esther have been raised to revere and protect.
All magic comes with a price, though, and for years the sisters have been separated. Esther has fled to a remote base in Antarctica to escape the fate that killed her own mother, and Joanna’s isolated herself in their family home in Vermont, devoting her life to the study of these cherished volumes. But after their father dies suddenly while reading a book Joanna has never seen before, the sisters must reunite to preserve their family legacy. In the process, they’ll uncover a world of magic far bigger and more dangerous than they ever imagined, and all the secrets their parents kept hidden; secrets that span centuries, continents, and even other libraries . . .
In the great tradition of Ninth House, The Magicians, and Practical Magic, this is a suspenseful and richly atmospheric novel that draws readers into a vast world filled with mystery and magic, romance, and intrigue—and marks the debut of an extraordinary new voice in speculative fiction.
"Ink Blood Sister Scribe is so many things at once: an adventure, a puzzle, a twisty thriller, and a tender romance. . . . I adored it.” – ALIX E. HARROW
"If, like me, you’re a fan of Holly Black and Leigh Bardugo, pick up this book at once.” — KELLY LINK
Grab this 7 book boxed set today learn what happens when a genetically engineered vampire leaves behind everything he's ever known and sets out to clean up a new area in space.
Barnabas may not be Ranger One anymore, but one thing definitely has not changed: when someone screws over the powerless, Barnabas is going to bring the pain. With a bloodthirsty AI running his advanced spaceship, those who love evil should start looking over their shoulders.
Life just got a lot more fun.
Vigilante, Book 1
On the planet now known as High Tortuga, the mine workers are far too close to being slaves so the ruler of the planet shut them down.
Except for the mine owned by Venfirdri Lan.
He's taken his mine off the grid and decided to keep everything running. With no need to pay the workers, profits should be good.
After all, who's going to stop him?
Sentinal, Book 2
Someone sent three fully armed ships to High Tortuga to back the slave-owners running the mines, and Barnabas and Shinigami are determined to find out who.
And take them down.
As they look deeper, however, they’ll find traces of an organization that controls whole mercenary syndicates, industries, and even governments: the Yennai Corporation.
…Some people never learn.
Warden, Book 3
Now he’s in for a surprise - it turns out that the alien who’s been pulling the strings against him is none other than Uleq, the Torcellan who escaped Bethany Anne’s clutches.
Barnabas isn’t taking any chances now. He’s going to find the Yennai Corporation’s main base and bring them down.
Paladin, Book 4
Barnabas has traced the influence of the Yennai Corporation from High Tortuga to their secret base, which he has destroyed, killing both heirs to the company.
Who hasn’t he killed? Koel Yennai, the patriarch and founder…who has sworn vengeance on Barnabas for killing his children and destroying his legacy.
Now, Koel gathers what remains of the Yennai Corporation to hunt Barnabas across known space and kill him.
And Barnabas is more than ready for the confrontation.
Justiciar, Book 5
After taking down the Yennai Corporation, Barnabas has earned a little break.
On the way back to High Tortuga, however, he stops to answer a distress call.
How long could it take, after all?
Barnabas is about to find out. In what should have been an open-and-shut murder case, questions begin to pile up fast: who, exactly, was this Jotun Naval captain?
Defender, Book 6
Decades of groundwork. Countless civilians abducted, experimented on, and killed. The perfect plan has taken shape, and soon, the entire sector will be under the control of the shadowy Committee.
That was the plan, anyway. But some human has decided to blow the whole thing up.
Protector, Book 7
Barnabas has destroyed the Committee’s research facility, but his victory came at a cost: his friend Jeltor remains captive and brainwashed.
He isn’t going to stand for that.He is going to find and rescue his friend, no matter what it takes.
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War
“Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out.” -- Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of Brass
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.
1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel.
Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empire’s quest for colonization.
For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide…
Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?
