Unioverse

<p><strong>Epic Hardcover Edition</strong></p><p><strong>- Exclusive Variant Cover Art</strong></p><p><strong>- 20 Premium Full Color Interior Illustrations</strong></p><p><br></p><p>In the year 2145 AD Malcolm Orion destined to go down in history as the Brave Traveler made his historic jump through space launching his consciousness across the universe. His arrival at an abandoned space station reawakened the Masson Zero-a vast system of instantaneous travelways connecting innumerable worlds many inhabited by sentient life.</p><p>Now centuries later worlds long isolated from each other are once again connected. This anthology presents tales of this reconvergence. Set on richly imagined planets scattered across the cosmos but linked once again by near-instantaneous travel these stories introduce you to characters-human and otherwise-navigating love and loss alliance and intrigue violence and betrayal and most of all the joys and perils of exploration and scientific discovery. Accept the invitation. Step into a transpod of your own and slip through the Mass-O. You never know where you'll end up.</p><p><br></p><p>Foreword by Tony Harman</p><p>A Note from the Editors by Joshua Viola and Angie Hodapp</p><p>In Translation by Carina Bissett</p><p>Mars You Say? by Jane Yolen</p><p>The Brave Traveler by Andy Baker Brent Friedman Mario Acevedo Angie Hodapp and Joshua Viola</p><p>Blood and Beginnings by Jeanne C. Stein Mario Acevedo Angie Hodapp and Joshua Viola</p><p>Reunion on Devolver by Wyeth Ridgway</p><p>Towards Zero Hour by Maxwell I. Gold</p><p>The Ambassador by Sean Eads and Joshua Viola</p><p>Sacrifice by Andy Baker</p><p>Those That Wear Skin by Jamal Hodge</p><p>The Monk by Warren Hammond</p><p>Vanetta 4 by Mario Acevedo</p><p>Ruins of Memory by Kevin J. Anderson</p><p>Dark Truths by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore</p><p>Relentless Realities Impossible Intention by Linda D. Addison</p><p>Icefall by Angie Hodapp</p><p>Between Here and Forever by Gabino Iglesias</p><p>The Good Smuggler by Stephen Graham Jones</p><p>Chantress by Akua Lezli Hope</p><p>Sword of the Silent by Matthew Kressel</p><p>Unspoken Truths by Kenneth W. Cain</p><p>For Every Season by Lee Murray</p><p>Oh Those Inner Rings by Jane Yolen</p><p>A Deeper Song by Tim Waggoner</p><p>Ghost in the Machine by Carter Wilson</p><p>Suigeneriscide by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</p><p>The Glymr by Jezzy Wolfe</p>