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Ken MacLeod
By the Author
Beyond the Hallowed Sky
When a brilliant scientist gets a letter from herself about faster-than-light travel, she doesn't know what to believe. The equations work, but her paper is…
The Culture
Iain M. Banks, the modern master of SF, created many original drawings detailing the universe of his bestselling Culture novels. Now these illustrations - many…
The Corporation Wars Trilogy
Three books in one! The Corporation Wars trilogy is an epic vision of man and machine in the far reaches of space - a robot's…
The Corporation Wars: Emergence
'[The Corporation Wars] is a tasty broth of ideas taking in virtual reality, artificial intelligence, the philosophy of law and disquisitions on military ethics.' -…
The Corporation Wars: Insurgence
'For my money, Ken MacLeod is the current champion of the very smartest kind of New Space Opera... every variation on his themes produces something…
The Corporation Wars: Dissidence
'Prose sleek and fast as the technology it describes . . . watch this man go global' - Peter F. Hamilton 'MacLeod's novels are fast,…
Poems
Iain Banks is celebrated as a novelist and science fiction writer. It is less well known that his first published work was the poem '041',…
Descent
'Descent is politically engaged, brimming with smart ideas and shot through with a mordant wit. The novel is dedicated to the memory of MacLeod's friend…
The Cassini Division
'Science fiction's freshest new writer...MacLeod is a fiercely intelligent, prodigiously well-read author who manages to fill his books with big issues without weighing them down.'…
The Sky Road
'Exciting...Accessible to the average reader as well as the hardcore SF fan. This is a work sure to keep the reader on the edge of…
The Star Fraction
'He is writing revolutionary science fiction. A nova has appeared in our sky.' - Kim Stanley Robinson 'Engaged, ingenious, and wittily partisan, Ken MacLeod is…
Newton's Wake
'Stylish, witty, and engaging!' - San Diego Union Tribune 'Exciting...Accessible to the average reader as well as the hardcore SF fan. This is a work…
Dark Light
'A modern-day George Orwell' - SFX 'A hectic ride, through slaloms of audacious complexity, irreverent ingenuity and paradox as purposeful as it is playful' -…
Learning The World
'Thought-provoking and entertaining, this highly original first-contact story should please any science fiction reader.' - School Library Journal 'Mind-expanding science fiction at its best; it…
The Restoration Game
'...a video game espionage novel where MacLeod deftly mixes Eastern European intrigue with underground gamer culture to create a terrific political thriller. MacLeod is one…
The Execution Channel
'Distinctive, politically challenging, both tantalizing and satisfying.' - Kirkus Reviews 'This man's going to be a major writer.' - Iain Banks Fighting has spread across…
Engine City
'A hectic ride, through slaloms of audacious complexity, irreverent ingenuity and paradox as purposeful as it is playful' - SFX 'Magnificent ... a series you'd…
Cosmonaut Keep
'"Cosmonaut Keep" is a portal to a deeply imagined future history that parlays X-Files paranoia about Area 51 and alien Greys into a vast interstellar…
The Night Sessions
'As ever, MacLeod's depiction of the near future is achieved through solid characterisation and brilliant detail. His forte is the depiction of how belief systems…
The Stone Canal
'There is more than a hint of a heroic ethic here, though the hero in question may be more like Milton's Satan than Captain Future.…
Intrusion
'Insightful and ingenious . . . Intrusion is both horrific and comic, and deals movingly with the consequences of genetic fixes' - GUARDIAN 'Intrusion is…