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Planetfall

#1 Planetfall

Emma Newman

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English
Gollancz
27 February 2018
From Emma Newman, the award-nominated author of Between Two Thorns, comes a novel of how one secret withheld to protect humanity's future might be its undoing...

Renata

Ghali believed in Lee Suh-Mi's vision of a world far beyond Earth,

calling to humanity. A planet promising to reveal the truth about our

place in the cosmos, untainted by overpopulation, pollution, and war.

Ren believed in that vision enough to give up everything to follow

Suh-Mi into the unknown.

More than twenty-two years have passed

since Ren and the rest of the faithful braved the starry abyss and

established a colony at the base of an enigmatic alien structure where

Suh-Mi has since resided, alone. All that time, Ren has worked hard as

the colony's 3-D printer engineer, creating the tools necessary for

human survival in an alien environment, and harboring a devastating

secret.

Ren continues to perpetuate the lie forming the

foundation of the colony for the good of her fellow colonists, despite

the personal cost. Then a stranger appears, far too young to have been

part of the first planetfall, a man who bears a remarkable resemblance

to Suh-Mi.

The truth Ren has concealed since planetfall can no longer be hidden. And its revelation might tear the colony apart...

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Imprint:   Gollancz
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 196mm,  Width: 128mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   244g
ISBN:   9781473223851
ISBN 10:   1473223857
Pages:   352
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Emma lives in Somerset, England and drinks far too much tea. She writes dark short stories, post-apocalyptic and urban fantasy novels and records audiobooks in all genres. Her debut short-story collection From Dark Places was published in 2011 and her new urban fantasy series The Split Worlds , described as JK Rowling meets Georgette Heyer by the Guardian, was recently published by Angry Robot Books. A year and a day of free short stories set in the Split Worlds are available at www.splitworlds.com/storiesEmma is represented by Jennifer Udden at DMLA. Her hobbies include dressmaking and playing RPGs. She blogs at www.enewman.co.uk, rarely gets enough sleep and refuses to eat mushrooms.

Reviews for Planetfall (#1 Planetfall)

Cathartic and transcendent - New York Times An exceptionally engaging novel that explores the complex relationship between mythology and science...Surprising plot turns and richly developed characters make for a vivid, riveting read - Washington Post A fascinating and propulsive tale about what could happen when actual humans try to settle a planet and about how little protection technology can really offer in the face of our inherent weaknesses - Locus


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