"Denouement
follows revelation follows shock follows universe-sized realisation ... Most satisfactory."
(West Australian)
The first of several big-scale space opera series set
against the backdrop of a human-dominated galaxy, Evergence begins with Morgan
Roche attempting to complete a difficult mission for her masters in the
The New York
Review of SF described it as "space opera of the ambitious,
galaxy-spanning sort" while Asimov's called it "genre-savvy and
capably written, full of adventure and Asimovian
imperial vistas...[w]ith echoes of vintage Jack
Williamson and Poul Anderson, as well as Niven, Asimov and Vinge".
Inspired equally by Blakes 7
and Star Wars, this series never aspires to be more than "a very
satisfying classic Golden Age-style yarn" (Locus) but it does so in style.
(Sean
Williams & Shane Dix)
In the far
future, humanity has colonised the outermost reaches of the galaxy, and society
has evolved into a variety of castes, from the godlike High to the barely
sentient Low. In between are the mundanes, both Pristine and Exotic. Empires have risen and fallen, and the Dato
Bloc has just seceded from the
ORBITAL AMBUSH
Morgan Roche is a
commander in the intelligence arm of the
Marooned and
hunted, Roche must protect the Box at all costs. But what about Cane? Who created him and why? The answers may be the salvation of the human
race -- or its damnation...
"The Prodigal Sun is a close-knit
personal story told on a galaxy-sized canvas. Filled with
action as well as intriguing ideas." Kevin J Anderson
"George Lucas
missed a sure bet when he chose to film his own Big-Dumb-Object-filled script
for The Phantom Menace (1999) rather
than open up his precious project to outside sources. He could have turned, for
instance, to Sean Williams and Shane Dix, adapting their new space opera Evergence: The
Prodigal Sun (...) into his beloved Star Wars mythos.
He would have started with a book that is genre-savvy and capably written, full
of adventure and Asimovian imperial vistas .... Dix and Williams ... deliver tons of action in
straightforward, economical prose noted for its clarity. And they offer
wide-screen baroque plotting never out of control ... With echoes of vintage
Jack Williamson and Poul Anderson, as well as Niven, Asimov and Vinge, Williams
and Dix proudly continue a vital tradition, proving SF as diverse a field as
ever." Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction
"[A]
very satisfying classic Golden Age-style yarn. The
novel is entertaining, enjoyable and sets the stage solidly for the forthcoming
books in the series. ... strongly recommended ...
" Locus
" ... space opera of the
ambitious, galaxy-spanning sort ... fast and furious action ...a good
read."
(Sean
Williams & Shane Dix)
Long before the
THE ENHANCED WARRIOR
Morgan Roche had
been an intelligence agent for the
Now Roche is
faced with an even more frightening fact: Cane may not be the last of his
kind. A star has vanished, leaving only
a terrible emptiness in space. Word spreads
across the galaxy: The Sol Wunderkind have returned.
Roche finds
herself at the centre of the coming conflict, as she struggles to penetrate the
layers of deception surrounding the origins of the super-soldiers -- and the
even deeper mystery concerning the artificial intelligence called "the
Box" -- an entity that seems to have a sinister agenda of its own...
"This variety of New Space Opera, with its
greatly increased possibilities for intrigue and (more important) for
encounters with remnants of a long and little-understood past, is closer to the
adventure pulps that ruled the magazine world when Doc Smith was just getting
started. It recreates the pulpy world of exotic cities, lost wonders, and
undiscovered countries that has powered everything
from Talbot Mundy and A. Merritt to Leigh Brackett and Star Wars (there's that
Saturday-matinee motif again) and that cyberspace cannot quite replicate. I'm
not sure what an Evergence is, but finding out promises to provide hours of
fun." Locus
(Sean
Williams & Shane Dix)
In the Sol
System, Earth is no more. But aboard the
various starships and space stations orbiting the
still-burning sun live the remnants of mankind -- unaware of the danger they're
in from an army of genetically enhanced warriors determined to destroy all humanity ...
THE
Renegade
intelligence agent Morgan Roche has been charged by the High Humans to protect
mankind from the threat of the clone warriors.
Pursuing one such warrior into Sol System, she strives to learn the true
identity of the enemy, and how to defeat them.
It is here, in
the light of the star called Sol, that Morgan will learn the truth -- about the
artificial intelligence known as the Box, about the man who calls himself Adoni Cane, about the High Humans ...
And
about her destiny.
"Space opera,
like its grand musical cousin, couldn't exist without duplicity, ambition,
lust, stupidity, and greed, and by the time the fat lady sings, whole worlds
can be laid waste - and, oddly enough, it's this recognition of pain and evil
as the generating forces of adventure that make A Dark Imbalance so
satisfying." Locus
"Denouement
follows revelation follows shock follows universe-sized realisation ... Most satisfactory." West Australian