For his mysterious new lover has seduced him into the idea of extrapolating the ship's future from the dark archives of the past. And, centuries in the future, as humanity again reaches into space, a young scholar could make the difference between success and failure. The Sky Road: Her rockets redundant, her people rebellious, and her borders defenseless against the Sino-Soviet Union, Myra Godwin appeals to the crumbling West for help as she faces the end of the space age. Ellen May Ngewthu has a plan to rid humanity of these beings, but she must first travel the entirety of the Solar Union, convincing others that post-humans are the threat she knows they are. The Cassini Division: In the 24th century, post humans, god-like descendents of humans who transformed themselves with high technology, have warped the very fabric of the solar system for unknowable reasons. But are the post-humans less hostile than they seem? The acclaimed third novel from one of the genre's most exciting new talents.Now back in print, this volume comprises The Cassini Division and The Sky Road, the last two books of The Fall Revolution, Ken MacLeod's groundbreaking, multiple award-winning science fiction epic.
Their radio-borne viruses blanket the Solar System, keeping most of its resources from humanity's grasp. The Division's orbital forts around Jupiter are the front line in a centuries-long conflict with post-human AIs, whose intentions are unknown but whose powers once extended to shattering Ganymede and building a wormhole bridge to the far future. A search that takes her from space to the ruins of London, and back from the margins of her socialist-anarchist world to its most dangerous edge. The Cassini Division, elite defence force of the Solar Union, sends her on a search for the man whose knowledge could save it.
'Science fiction's freshest new writer.MacLeod is a fiercely intelligent, prodigiously well-read author who manages to fill his books with big issues without weighing them down.' - SALON 'Engaged, ingenious, and wittily partisan, Ken MacLeod is a one-man revolution, SF's Billy Bragg.' - Asimov's SF Ellen May Ngwethu is a young woman with centuries of experience, no morality and the true knowledge.
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