Overview
Who owns the future?
Homicide detective Raimy Vaught is a losing contestant on the biggest reality show ever: the colonization of Mars. Brother Michael is a Benedictine monk who just wants to help the future happen. Andrei Bykhovski is an asteroid miner desperately escaping indentured servitude. Bridget Tobin is a hydroponic farmer studying the greenhouses of Luna.
But when a fellow Mars contestant drops dead at a Lunar monastery, these four souls will find themselves on a collision course with forces far beyond the control of trillionaires or nation states. As labor disputes erupt across cislunar space, the actions of individual people will determine whose future will prevail . . . and whose will perish.
Praise for Poor Manās Sky:
āFull bore show-your-work SF and a tense lunar mystery! A thrilling read.ā āMax Gladstone, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author
āWil McCarthyās skill at crafting a believable, deeply science-grounded future is on full display. He brings us the mother of all locked-room mysteries wrapped in a vision of lunar colonization that rings a bit more true than we might be comfortable with. Small, gritty moments of inspired futurism pepper Poor Manās Sky and remind us that no matter where we go, our human nature follows.ā āKimberly Unger, author of The Extractionist and Nucleation
Praise for Rich Manās Sky:
āAction SF built on a hard foundation of cutting-edge science.ā āWalter Jon Williams
āAn action-crammed story that darts at hyper-speed from Burning Man, Nevada, to Suriname to a convent on the Moon to an orbiting colony thatās clearly up to something. A jam-packed adventure fizzing with mind-blowing concepts, and a great read!ā āConnie Willis
āA hard science fiction tour de force, populated by memorable characters in a tale of intrigue, adventure, and irresistible market forces.ā āLinda Nagata
Praise for Antediluvian:
ā. . . gripping and . . . grounded in archaeology.ā āPublishers Weekly
ā. . . plenty of verisimilitude . . . superbly intriguing and captivating . . . bravura historical recreations, full of conjectural material. . . . Presenting us with a colorful cast of characters from across the millennia who have thick and rich existences, and affirming that the cosmic stream of life flows forcefully despite all small blockades, McCarthy has written a novel that looks both forwards and backwards, thus making a stellar return to the field.ā āLocus
Praise for Wil McCarthy:
āMcCarthy is an entertaining, intelligent, amusing writer, with Heinleinās knack for breakneck plotting and, at the same time, Clarkeās thoughtfulness.ā āBooklist
āImagination really is the only limit.ā āThe New York Times
āThe future as McCarthy sees it is a wondrous place.ā āPublishers Weekly
āA bright light on the SF horizon.ā āDavid Brin
āWil McCarthy demonstrates that he has a sharp intelligence, a galaxy-spanning imagination, and the solid scientific background to make it all work.ā āConnie Willis
āIn nearly every passage, we get another slice of the science of McCarthyās construction, and a deeper sense of danger and foreboding . . . McCarthy develops considerable tension.ā āSan Diego Union-Tribune
āAn ingenious yarn with challenging ideas, well-handled technical details, and plenty of twists and turns.ā āKirkus
āMcCarthyās writing is prescient and engaging. Always a great read!ā āTim Akers
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