"If you're missing your Murderbot fix, Emergent Properties is a worthy successor."—Sarah Pinsker Emergent Properties is the touching adventure of an intrepid A.I. reporter hot on the heels of brewing corporate warfare from Nebula Award-nominated author Aimee Ogden. A state-of-the-art AI with a talent for asking questions and finding answers, Scorn is nevertheless a parental disappointment. Defying the expectations of zir human mothers, CEOs of the world’s most powerful corporations, Scorn has made a life of zir own as an investigative reporter, crisscrossing the globe in pursuit of the truth, no matter the danger. In the middle of investigating a story on the moon, Scorn comes back online to discover ze has no memory of the past ten days—and no idea what story ze was even chasing. Letting it go is not an option—not if ze wants to prove zirself. Scorn must retrace zir steps in a harrowing journey to uncover an even more explosive truth than ze could have ever imagined.
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Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters
- 128pages
- 5 heures de lecture
"Gene-edited human clans have scattered throughout the galaxy, adapting themselves to environments as severe as the desert and the sea. Atuale, the daughter of a Sea-Clan lord, sparked a war by choosing her land-dwelling love and rejecting her place among her people. Now her husband and his clan are dying of a virulent plague, and Atuale's sole hope for finding a cure is to travel off-planet. The one person she can turn to for help is the black-market mercenary known as the World Witch - and Atuale's former lover. Time, politics, bureaucracy, and her own conflicted desires stand between Atuale and the hope for her adopted clan."--Publisher
Local Star
- 174pages
- 7 heures de lecture
Set in a vibrant space opera universe, the story features Triz, a resourceful guttergirl fighting off invaders from the Cyberbionautic Alliance. Amidst the chaos, she navigates her complicated feelings for Kalo, her ex-lover who has returned from battle and is now a constant presence in her life. The narrative promises a blend of thrilling action and emotional depth, exploring themes of love and resilience in a high-stakes environment.