Summary
From the bestselling author of the epic Malazan Book of the Fallen, comes a story of mankind’s first contact and a warning about our future.
An alien AI has been sent to the solar system as representative of three advanced species. Its mission is to save the Earth’s ecosystem - and the biggest threat to that is humanity. But we are also part of the system, so the AI must make a choice. Should it save mankind or wipe it out? Are we worth it?
The AI is all-powerful, and might as…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473223820 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473223822 |
| Author: | Steven Erikson |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 9 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 303g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 128mm x 30mm |
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Steven Erikson has one of the finest minds alive. Nothing less could have produced The Malazan Book of the Fallen. Now, in Rejoice: A Knife to the Heart, Erikson shows us what he sees when he considers the future of humanity. He calls it a thought experiment. I call it an important book
The aliens have come to save the Earth. From us… Steven Erikson, master of high fantasy, has delivered an SF novel with the highest of high concepts. And it’s no fantasy. An El Nino of a book, dense, provocative, essential.The SF book of the year, maybe the decade. Will make you long for an alien invasion. I loved itThis is startling and thought-provoking stuff - just what science fiction should be. Read it and try to think as you once did about, well, anything. Go on. I dare youSteven Erikson hasn’t just reinvigorated the first-contact novel, he’s reinvented it. This is a wholly original book, brilliantly conceived and flawlessly executed, with a fascinating central conceit related to curbing human violence. A masterpieceRejoice rejoices in satirising capitalism, dumb US presidents, greedy media moguls, impotent military high-ups and much more. - GuardianAbout The Author
Steven Erikson
Steven Erikson is an archaeologist and anthropologist and a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His Malazan Book of the Fallen series, including The Crippled God, Dust of Dreams, Toll the Hounds and Reaper’s Gale, have met with widespread international acclaim and established him as a major voice in the world of fantasy fiction. He lives in Canada.
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