Ancestral Machines

A Humanity's Fire Novel
by Michael Cobley
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A new standalone epic space opera, set in the same world as the Humanity's Fire trilogy.
No world is safe.

The Warcage: two hundred worlds harnessed to an articial sun in a feat of unprecedented stellar engineering. Built to travel through space as a monument to peace between alien species, now...
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Published By Orbit

Format Paperback

Number Of Pages 496

Publication Date 01/12/2016

ISBN 9780316221184

Dimensions 5.5 inches x 8.38 inches


"Proper galaxy-spanning Space Opera ... a worthy addition to the genre."—Iain M. Banks on Seeds of Earth

"The invention is endless."—SFX on Seeds of Earth

"A well-constructed space opera...a thick and satisfying 10-course meal of starchy pageantry, meaty characters, bitter losses, and sweet romance."—Publishers Weekly on Seeds of Earth

"Seeds of Earth has everything: well-realised extraterrestrials, scheming artificial intelligences, set-piece space battles and bizarre technology from the dawn of the galaxy."—The Guardian (UK) on Seeds of Earth

"Space opera has never been in more capable hands."—The Guardian (UK) on The Orphaned Worlds

"Michael Cobley has added a fine piece of work to a grand tradition."—SF Crow's Nest on The Ascendant Stars

 
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