A CLOSED AND COMMON ORBIT

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 HUGO AWARD AND THE ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARD. WINNER OF THE 2017 PRIX JULIA-VERLANGER.'Chambers is simply an exceptional talent' Tor.comThe stand-alone sequel to the award-winning The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet.Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in an new body following a total system shut-down and reboot she has to start over in a synthetic body in a world where her kind are illegal. She's never felt so alone.But she's not alone not really. Pepper one of the engineers who risked life and limb to reinstall Lovelace is determined to help her adjust to her new world. Because Pepper knows a thing or two about starting over.Together Pepper and Lovey will discover that huge as the galaxy may be it's anything but empty. PRAISE FOR THE WAYFARERS'Never less than deeply involving' DAILY MAIL'Explores the quieter side of sci-fi while still wowing us with daring leaps of imagination' iBOOKS'So much fun to read' HEAT'Warm engaging properly science-fictional A Closed and Common Orbit is a very likable novel indeed' GUARDIAN'The most fun that I've had with a novel in a long long time' iO9