“Melcer knows her way around a twisty, suspense-driven plot and has the chops to pull it off.” Analog
THE FATE OF HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.
Decades after Nathalie Hart's fateful mission to Bethesda, Earth teeters on the brink of collapse. As the planet's resources dwindle, the orbital elites of the ruling Yun Ju play a dangerous game with Earth's population from space.
A DESPERATE PLAN TO SAVE THE WORLD.
Jason Nevsky, driven by his aunt Nathalie's legacy, fights to save a starving planet. But when he uncovers a sinister political plot, he realizes the Yun Ju will stop at nothing to maintain their power. His mission becomes a desperate gambit that could either save Earth or doom it forever.
BETRAYAL. SACRIFICE. REBELLION.
Meanwhile, Jason's estranged daughter Liz joins an elite training program that puts her close to the heart of the Yun Ju's power. But as she rises through the organisation’s ranks, Liz finds herself torn between loyalty to her new home and a growing realization of its dark secrets.
Father and daughter find themselves on opposite sides of a conflict that will determine humanity's future. With time running out and billions of lives at stake, they must each make impossible choices that will shape the destiny of both Earth and the stars.
If you loved The Expanse and the intricate political intrigue of Arkady Martine's novels, you won't be able to put down this second book in The Guardian Cycle series.
What readers are saying about this book:
"A taut and tense tale of exceptional people in extraordinary circumstances, Inversions juxtaposes the realities of agriculture onto political intrigue with gripping results. This is a story of difficult choices and sacrifice set between chaotic poverty on Earth and elegant abundance of the planet's orbital stations. Another fantastic read from MV Melcer!" T J Berry
M V Melcer is a fiction writer and a filmmaker, with primary interest in science fiction and sometimes-accurate ponderings about the future. Born in Poland, MV has lived in the USA, the Netherlands and Belgium before settling in the United Kingdom. She inherited her passion for space and science-fiction from her father, who almost lost his life trying to replicate the feats of Sputnik and Gagarin using home-made rockets (he lost his hand, but it could have ended much worse). MV’s dream of space-flight remained confined to the atmosphere, as she obtained a recreational pilot’s licence (much safer!) To balance things out, she’s also an avid scuba diver. Combining her first passion for science and literature, M V if following her MA in literature with a degree in astronomy and planetary sciences she’s currently pursuing. M V wrote and directed several short films, which were successful at the festival circuits, screening in Europe, the USA, and Japan. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, GigaNotoSurus, Daily Science Fiction, Nature Futures, and others. She lives south of London with her husband and Earl Grey, a not-very-smart tabby cat.
