L'humanité est dans une impasse.Naira Sharp est une révolutionnaire. Les planètes habitables sont anéanties aussi vite qu'elles sont découvertes, car la toute-puissante famille Mercator contrôle l'exploration de l'univers depuis des décennies et exploite l'ensemble des matières premières sur lesquelles elle met la main sous prétexte de favoriser l'expansion de l'humanité. Mais Naira connaît la vérité et a l'intention de faire tomber la famille de l'intérieur.Tarquin Mercator est l'héritier de la dynastie. Il n'a jamais voulu diriger un empire commercial à l'échelle de la galaxie, il souhaitait seulement étudier les roches et lire des livres. Mais le père de Tarquin l'a chargé de surveiller l'exploitation minière d'une nouvelle planète, sans lui laisser le choix.Se faisant passer pour un des nouveaux gardes du corps de Tarquin, Naira envisage de détruire son vaisseau avant qu'il se pose. Mais ni l'un ni l'autre ne s'attend à se retrouver sur une planète morte. Pour survivre et garder son secret, Naira devra s'allier à l'homme qu'elle hait plus que tout. Ensemble, ils découvriront un complot qui les dépasse tous les deux.
« Un début de série très prometteur. » Booklist« Une aventure pleine de rebondissements, de tension et de mystère extra-terrestre. » Wall Street Journal« Palpitant, plein de tension et de paranoïa. Ce livre m'a tenu éveillé bien trop tard ! » Max Gladstone, auteur lauréat des prix Hugo et Nebula« Une aventure captivante au rythme effréné et aux personnages charismatiques. Impossible à
'METICULOUSLY PLOTTED, EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT SPACE OPERA WITH A SOUL' Kirkus on Velocity Weapon
In the final book of this explosive Philip K. Dick Award-nominated space opera, the universe is under threat and an ancient alien intelligence threatens to bring humanity down - unless Major Sanda Greeve and her crew can stop it . . .
The code has been cracked. The secrets of the Casimir gates have been revealed. But humanity still isn't safe. The alien intelligence known as Rainier and her clones are still out there, hell-bent on its destruction. And only Sanda can stop them.
With the universe's most powerful ship under her command and some of the most skilled hackers, fighters and spies on her team, it will still take everything she has to find the key to taking down an immortal enemy with seemingly limitless bodies, resources and power.
Praise for the series:
'A brilliantly plotted yarn of survival and far-future political intrigue' Guardian
'Full of twists, feints, and deception, O'Keefe's latest presents a visionary world rife with political intrigue and space adventure' Booklist (starred review)
'Skillfully interweaves intrigue, action, and strong characterization' Publishers Weekly
'A must-read for fans of James S. A. Corey and Alastair Reynolds' Bookbag
'O'Keefe keeps the pace pumping, timing the big twists perfectly' SFX
Mad Max meets X-Men in this razor-sharp dystopian novella by the Philip K. Dick award-nominated author of Velocity Weapon
It doesn't matter what you call her. Riley. Burner. She forgot her name long ago. But if you steal from the supply lines crossing the wasteland, her face is the last one you'll see. She is the force of nature that keeps the balance in the hot arid desert. Keep to yourself and she'll leave you well enough alone. But it's when you try to take more than you can chew that her employers notice and send her off to restore the balance.
Then she gets the latest call. A supply truck knocked over too cleanly. Too precise. And the bodies scattering the wreckage weren't killed by her normal prey of scavengers. These bodies are already rotting hours after the attack. Cowering in the corner of the wreckage is a young girl. A girl that shouldn't be there. A girl with violently blue eyes. Just like hers.
A search for a missing person uncovers a galaxy-spanning conspiracy in this thrilling standalone space opera from award-winning author Megan E. O'Keefe. The Black Celeste is a ghost story. A once-legendary spaceship collecting dust in a cosmic graveyard known as the Clutch. Only famed pirate Bitter Amandine knows better, and she’ll do anything to never go near it again. No matter the cost. Faven Sythe is crystborn, a member of the near-human species tasked with charting starpaths from station to station. She’s trained to be a navigator her entire life. But when her mentor disappears, leaving behind a mysterious starpath terminating in the Clutch, she is determined to find the truth. And only Amandine has the answers. What they will find is a conspiracy bigger than either of them. Their quest for the truth will uncover secrets Amandine has long fought to keep buried – secrets about how she survived her last encounter in the Clutch, and what’s really hidden out there amongst the stars...
