The Age of Scorpio by Gavin G. Smith - ISBN: 9780575094765
Paperback
Desperation leads a salvage crew into a vampyric, terrifying future.

The Age of Scorpio

  • Paperback

    512 pages

  • Release Date

    14 October 2014

Summary

Praised by Stephen Baxter and Adam Roberts, reviewed ecstatically by SFX magazine, Gavin Smith’s first novel Veteran announced an exciting new voice on the SF scene. War in Heaven, set in the same universe, followed. Now comes a new standalone SF thriller.

Of all the captains based out of Arclight only Eldon Sloper was desperate enough to agree to a salvage job in Red Space. And now he and his crew are living to regret his desperation.

In Red Space the rules are …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780575094765
ISBN-10:0575094761
Author:Gavin G. Smith
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Gollancz
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:512
Release Date:14 October 2014
Weight:352g
Dimensions:199mm x 164mm x 35mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Imagine a combination of Alastair Reynolds’ cerebral space opera, the mythological fantasy of 2000AD’s

Age Of Scorpio announces loud and clear that in Gavin Smith an exceptional talent has arrived to uplift SF. The book is a master class of twisting plot lines that celebrate both the weird and astounding, amid a future that’s deeply unnerving yet equally compelling. – Peter F Hamilton
Gavin Smith’s writing is a brutal kaleidoscope of imagination, with the raw energy of a heavy metal album cover: equally dazzling with bloodthirsty ancient Picts and the fallen post-humans of tomorrow. – Hannu Rajaniemi, author of The Causal Angel

About The Author

Gavin G. Smith

Gavin G. Smith is the Dundee-born author of the hard edged, action-packed SF novels Veteran, War in Heaven, Age of Scorpio, A Quantum Mythology and The Beauty of Destruction, as well as the short story collection Crysis: Escalation. He has collaborated with Stephen Deas as the composite personality Gavin Deas and co-written Elite: Wanted, and the shared world series Empires: Infiltration and Empires: Extraction.

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