MacLeods most entertaining novel to date. keeps things moving with the pace of an airport thriller. One of SFX magazine's Most Anticipated Books for 2016.Īn epic vision of man and machine in the far reaches of space. 'Dissidence is the novel thats direct yet still brims with ideas, politics and memorable characters, and. And even dying will not be the end of it. Gathering with other 'freebots', Seba is taking a stand against the corporations that want it and its kind gone.Īs their stories converge against a backdrop of warring companies and interstellar drone combat, Carlos and Seba must either find a way to rise above the games their masters are playing, or die. By a fluke of nature, a contractual overlap and a loop in its subroutines, this lunar mining robot has gained sentience. And he's not sure he's fighting for the right side. A soldier who died for his ideals a thousand years ago, he's been reincarnated and conscripted to fight an A.I. The novel is dedicated to the memory of MacLeod's friend Iain M. Descent is politically engaged, brimming with smart ideas and shot through with a mordant wit. 'MacLeod is up there with Banks and Hamilton as one of the British sci-fi authors you absolutely have to read' - SFXĬarlos is dead. Ken MacLeod is the modern day George Orwell - SFX. A nova has appeared in our sky' - Kim Stanley Robinson There can never be enough books like these: he is writing revolutionary SF. 'MacLeod's novels are fast, funny and sophisticated. 'Prose sleek and fast as the technology it describes.
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