Engine City (Engines of Light, Book Three)

MacLeod, Ken

ISBN 10: 1841491489 / ISBN 13: 9781841491486

Published by Orbit, London, 2002

About this Item

First edition, hardcover with a cut out label signed by MacLeod adhered to the title page, the book has a moderate lean to the binding with a pull at the last page, slight sunning to the spine with toning to the edges of the text block, and very light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight Very Good copy in an unclipped, Very Good+ dust jacket, which has mild bumps to the spine ends and corners, some faint rubbing to the covers, and a previous seller's price sticker to the tail of the back. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Seller Inventory # 108412

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Engine City (Engines of Light, Book Three)
• Publisher: Orbit, London
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841491489
• ISBN 13: 9781841491486
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

The acclaimed Engines of Light series that began with Cosmonaut Keep and Dark Light reaches its staggering conclusion in Engine City. Two hundred years ago, a starship arrived at Nova Babylonia and unloaded a cargo of encyclopaedic information from the solar system of the mid-21st century. One hundred years ago, Nova Babylonia had used that information to create a Modern Regime - a heavily industrialised civilisation ready to defend itself against the aliens whose arrival was believed to be imminent. Today, Nova Babylonia is in decline. The alien invaders never came and the Regime has fallen. Into this corrupt city arrives an outsider whose purpose is ambiguous. But businessman or spy, he is not the only visitor. War is coming to Nova Babylonia. And the gods. Find out more about this and other titles at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

From the Back Cover

Engine City
The Concluding Volume of the Engines of Light

“Science fiction’s freshest new writer.” --Salon

“Ken MacLeod's novels are fast, funny, and sophisticated. There can never be enough books like these.”—Kim Stanley Robinson

“One of SF’s hottest new authors.”—Locus

Praise for The Engines of Light

“Ken MacLeod doesn’t just create believable futures—he breaks them down to explain what makes them tick.” -Wired on Cosmonaut Keep

“A portal to a deeply imagined future history that parlays X-Files paranoia about Area 51 and alien Greys into a vast interstellar community watched over by microcosmic gods.” --Paul McAuley on Cosmonaut Keep

“Marvelously inventive.”--San Diego Union-Tribune on Dark Light

“MacLeod at his strongest: clever, passionate, and committed.” —SFX on Dark Light