
Hamilton-“Bear's ability to create breathtaking variations on ancient themes and make them new and brilliant is, perhaps, unparalleled in the genre” ( Library Journal, starred review).

But when they make a shocking discovery about an alien species that has been long thought dead, it may be the thing that could tip the perilous peace mankind has found into full-out war.Įnergetic and electrifying, Ancestral Night is a dazzling space opera, sure to delight fans of Alastair Reynolds, Iain M. Ancestral Night is the tale of Haimey Dz, a nominally lesbian engineer on a little salvage tug whose ship mind is named Singer and which is piloted by her. They pilot their tiny ship into the scars left by unsuccessful White Transitions, searching for the relics of lost human and alien vessels. Theirs is the perilous and marginal existence-with barely enough chance of striking it fantastically big-just once-to keep them coming back for more.
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Halmey Dz and her partner Connla Kurucz are salvage operators, living just on the inside of the law.usually.

“Outstanding…Amid a space opera resurgence, Bear’s novel sets the bar high.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review)Ī space salvager and her partner make the discovery of a lifetime that just might change the universe in this wild, big-ideas space opera from Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear.
