Chris Moriarty

De la mano de Chris Moriarty, una voz nueva e imponente, nos llega una de las más emocionantes obras noveles de la literatura en años. Bienvenidos a un universo posthumano de inteligencias artificiales en el que la supervivencia puede ser tan solo un estado de la mente; bienvenidos a Estado de transmision.Catherine Li, comandante de las Fuerzas de Paz de la ONU, ha realizado treinta y siete saltos mas rapidos que la luz en el transcurso de su vida y ha olvidado bastantes mas cosas de las que la gente suele recordar. Pero ninguna ampliacion de la memoria podria prepararla para enfrentarse a lo que se encuentra en el mundo de Compson, una colonia minera a la que un dia llamo hogar: una cientifica especialista en fisica cuantica muerta que casualmente es su clon; un conjunto de datos que podria cambiar el equilibrio del poder interestelar y transformar la guerra fria en una guerra muy caliente; y un accidente minero que cada vez se parece mas a un asesinatoMoriarty forma parte de la nueva hornada de escritores de ciencia ficcion como Richard Morgan, Alastair Reynolds y Charles Stross, que le han devuelto el lustre a la ciencia ficcion duraLocusEstado de transmision es un punto de vista enigmatico, fascinante y absolutamente absorbente, aunque tambien aterrador, de un futuro lejanoBook Sense

Llámalo clon con conciencia. O llámalo traidor. Arkady, miembro del Sindicato, se pasa al bando de Israel con un bien muy preciado: un arma genética con el poder suficiente como para borrar del mapa a toda la humanidad. Pero Israel no se traga la historia. Y vende el arma, junto con Arkady, al mejor postor.Conforme suben las pujas en la subasta, el Frente para la Emancipacion de la Vida Artificial envia a la comandante Catherine Li. Expulsada de las Fuerzas por la Paz por crimenes de guerra, Li esta en ese momento literalmente enlazada a una IA que ha vivido multiples vidas y que se ha conectado a la realidad a traves de muchos cuerpos. Y aunque cada uno de ellos tiene una definicion propia de que es la victoria, solo permaneciendo juntos podran sobrevivir.

In this stunning follow-up to the critically acclaimed novel Spin State, Chris Moriarty depicts a grim future in which the final frontier may well be extinction. For as far-flung planets are terraformed and Earths age-old conflicts are contracted out to AIs, humanity is losing the only war that counts: the war for survival. Call Arkady a clone with a conscience. Or call him a traitor. A member of the space-faring Syndicates, Arkady has defected to Israel with a hot commodity: a genetic weapon powerful enough to wipe out humanity. But Israels not buying it. Theyre selling itand Arkadyto the highest bidder. As the auction heats up, the Artificial Life Emancipation Front sends in Major Catherine Li. Already drummed out of the Peacekeepers for war crimes, Li has now literally hooked up with an AI who has lived many lifetimes and shunted through many bodies. And while they each have their own definition of victory, together they have only one chance at survival. . . .

A fabulously imaginative historical fantasy.Publishers Weekly, starred review of The Inquisitors ApprenticeAt the turn of the twentieth century, New Yorks Bowery District becomes the scene of a terrible murder when the Klezmer King gets fried to a crisp by his Electric Tuxedoon stage! The Inquisitors apprentice, thirteen-year-old Sacha Kessler, tries to help find the killer, but the closer he gets to solving the crime, the more it sounds as if the creature that haunted him in his first adventure is back. Worse still, his own Jewish family is in danger. Sacha has avoided learning magic until now, but as his world falls apart around him, he changes his mind.Hell need more than just his wits to survive the magical underbelly of 1900s New York.Apprentice Magician: Join thirteen-year-old Sacha Kessler as hes forced to embrace the magical powers he always feared in order to protect his family. Steampunk Adventure: From an electrified tuxedo causing chaos on stage to soul-stealing machines, explore a world where ancient magic and early technology collide. Jewish Folklore: A terrifying creature from his past returns, plunging Sacha into a world of ancient spells and legends on the streets of the Lower East Side. Historical New York: Dive into the gritty, gaslit world of the Bowery at the turn of the century, where immigrant life, union strikers, and magical gangsters clash.

From a stunning new voice in hard science fiction comes the thrilling story of one womans quest to wrest truth from chaos, love from violence, and reality from illusion in a post-human universe of emergent AIs, genetic constructs, and illegal wetware...SPIN STATEUN Peacekeeper Major Catherine Li has made thirty-seven faster-than-light jumps in her lifetimeand has probably forgotten more than most people remember. But thats what backup hard drives are for. And Li should know; shes been hacking her memory for fifteen years in order to pass as human. But no memory upgrade can prepare Li for what she finds on Compsons World: a mining colony she once called home and to which she is sent after a botched raid puts her on the bad side of the powers that be. A dead physicist who just happens to be her cloned twin. A missing dataset that could change the interstellar balance of power and turn a cold war hot. And a mining accident that is starting to look more and more like murder...Suddenly Li is chasing a killer in an alien world miles underground where everyone has a secret. And one wrong turn in streamspace, one misstep in the dark alleys of blackmarket tech and interstellar espionage, one risky hookup with an AI could literally blow her mind.

Sometimes a ghost of a chance is all you get.Award-winning author Chris Moriarty returns to a dazzling cyber-noir far future in this gritty, high-stakes thriller where the only rule is Evolve . . . or die. The Age of Man is ending. The UNs sprawling interstellar empire is failing as its quantum teleportation network collapses, turning once-viable colonies into doomed island outposts. Humanitys only hope of survival is the Drift: a mysterious region of space where faster-than-light travelor something far strangerseems possible. As mercenaries and pirates flock to the Drift, the cold war between the human-led UN and the clone-dominated Syndicates heats up. Whoever controls the Drift will chart the future course of human evolutionand no one wants to be left behind in a universe where the price of failure is extinction.When the AI called Cohen ventures into the Drift, he diesallegedly by his own handand his consciousness is scattered across the cosmos. Some of his ghosts are still self-aware. Some are insane. And one of them hides a secret worth killing for. Enter Major Catherine Li, Cohens human (well, partly human) lover, who embarks on a desperate search to solve the mystery of Cohens deathand put him back together. But Li isnt the only one interested in Cohens ghosts. Astrid Avery, a by-the-book UN navy captain, is on the hunt. So is William Llewellyn, a pirate who has one of the ghosts in his head, which is slowly eating him alive. Even the ghosts have their own agendas. And lurking behind them all is a pitiless enemy who will stop at nothing to make sure the dead dont walk again.Praise for Ghost Spin Complexity is the watchword here, of thought, idea, narrative, character and plot. . . . Highly rewarding.Kirkus Reviews Rewarding . . . The adaptations humans make to survive in the hostile environments of other worlds, a galaxy teetering on the edge of singularity . . . are genuinely visionary.Publishers Weekly This stand-along spin-off offers a compelling tale of adventure/suspense blended with cybernoir and high-tech sf.Library Journal An excellent read: gripping, fast-paced, provocative and handsome.Tordotcom A brilliant mix of space opera, cyberpunk, and just plain great writing, Moriartys work is some of the most impressive in science fiction today.SFRevu

The day Sacha found out he could see witches was the worst day of his life . . .Being an Inquisitor is no job for a nice Jewish boy. But when the police learn that Sacha Kessler can see witches, hes apprenticed to the departments star Inquisitor, Maximillian Wolf. Their mission is to stop magical crime. And New York at the beginning of the twentieth century is a magical melting pot where each ethnic group has its own brand of homegrown witchcraft, and magical gangs rule the streets from Hells Kitchen to Chinatown.Soon Sacha has teamed up with fellow apprentice Lily Astral, daughter of one of the citys richest Wall Street Wizardsand a spoiled snob, if you ask Sacha. Their first case is to find out whos trying to kill Thomas Edison.Edison has invented a mechanical witch detector that could unleash the worst witch-hunt in American history. Every magician in town has a motive to kill him. But as the investigation unfolds, all the clues lead back to the Lower East Side. And Sacha soon realizes that his own family could be accused of murder!A Magical Historical Fantasy: Step into a richly imagined early 20th-century New York where immigrant magic thrives in the tenements and magical gangs rule the streets. An Unlikely Partnership: Hes a boy from the Lower East Side who can see witches; shes the spoiled daughter of a Wall Street Wizard. They cant stand each other, but theyll have to work together to solve the case. A High-Stakes Mystery: When someone tries to murder Thomas Edison, every magician in the city is a suspect. But for Sacha, the investigation is about to get dangerously personal. Witches, Wizards, and Dybbuks: Explore a world of homegrown witchcraft, powerful wizards, and terrifying creatures as Sacha is pulled deeper into a magical criminal underworld he never knew existed.