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The scions of a falling house navigate a world of corporate warfare to maintain their family’s status on the Moon in this thrilling space opera.
The Moon wants to kill you.
Maybe it will kill you when the per diem for your allotted food, water, and air runs out, just before you hit paydirt. Maybe it will kill you when you are trapped between the reigning corporations—the Five Dragons—in a foolish gamble against a futuristic feudal society. On the Moon, you must fight for every inch you want to gain. And that is just what Adriana Corta did.
As the leader of the Moon’s newest “dragon,” Adriana has wrested control of the Moon’s Helium-3 industry from the Mackenzie Metal corporation and fought to earn her family’s new status. Now, in the twilight of her life, Adriana finds her corporation—Corta Helio—confronted by the many enemies she made during her meteoric rise. If the Corta family is to survive, Adriana’s five children must defend their mother’s empire from her many enemies . . . and each other.
Perfect for fans of Kim Stanley Robinson and Ken Macleod alike.
Praise for Luna: New Moon
“McDonald’s never written a bad novel, but [Luna: New Moon] is a great one.” —Cory Doctorow
“With an action narrative driving this political commentary, Luna is actually a fantastically fun read as well as an important one. “—Los Angeles Review of Books
“McDonald creates a complex and fascinating civilization featuring believable technology, and the characters are fully developed, with individually gripping stories.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The Moon wants to kill you.
Maybe it will kill you when the per diem for your allotted food, water, and air runs out, just before you hit paydirt. Maybe it will kill you when you are trapped between the reigning corporations—the Five Dragons—in a foolish gamble against a futuristic feudal society. On the Moon, you must fight for every inch you want to gain. And that is just what Adriana Corta did.
As the leader of the Moon’s newest “dragon,” Adriana has wrested control of the Moon’s Helium-3 industry from the Mackenzie Metal corporation and fought to earn her family’s new status. Now, in the twilight of her life, Adriana finds her corporation—Corta Helio—confronted by the many enemies she made during her meteoric rise. If the Corta family is to survive, Adriana’s five children must defend their mother’s empire from her many enemies . . . and each other.
Perfect for fans of Kim Stanley Robinson and Ken Macleod alike.
Praise for Luna: New Moon
“McDonald’s never written a bad novel, but [Luna: New Moon] is a great one.” —Cory Doctorow
“With an action narrative driving this political commentary, Luna is actually a fantastically fun read as well as an important one. “—Los Angeles Review of Books
“McDonald creates a complex and fascinating civilization featuring believable technology, and the characters are fully developed, with individually gripping stories.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“ahhhh this was such a good book it took my breath away! honestly so beautifully written and what an amazing depiction of life on the moon, it was an incredible read. he’s such a good author, i enjoyed every minute of this book :)”Carole Lehto
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“Ian McDonald's gift for meshing non-Anglo cultures and futuristic extrapolations of current technologies here details a Brazilian family's dynastic struggle among the mining conglomerates of the Moon. As in https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/278280.River_of_Gods__India_2047___1_ , McDonald doesn't give the reader much of a head start before the action escalates, which can be an overwhelming practice at the front of his books, but the payout is rich by mid-novel when scenes are carouselled in rapid succession and the reader is breathless to match their pace. New Moon is notable for its investment in the sexual pantheon of the Moon's inhabitants and, as always, McDonald's characterization of cultures not his own never feels overplayed to those new to them, or banal or minimized to those familiar. It reads a bit like learning a language, where immersion, for outsiders, is everything. The depth of this kind of presentation is refreshing, and every MacDonald novel feels like a hint at the direction of where the world, and its fiction, should be focused.”
About Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald was born in 1960 in Manchester, England, to an Irish mother and a Scottish father. He moved with his family to Northern Ireland in 1965. He used to live in a house built in the back garden of C. S. Lewis’s childhood home but has since moved to central Belfast, where he now lives, exploring interests like cats, contemplative religion, bonsai, bicycles, and comic-book collecting. He debuted in 1982 with the short story “The Island of the Dead” in the short-lived British magazine Extro. His first novel, Desolation Road, was published in 1988. Other works include King of Morning, Queen of Day (winner of the Philip K. Dick Award), River of Gods, The Dervish House (both of which won British Science Fiction Association Awards), the graphic novel Kling Klang Klatch, and many more. His most recent publications are Planesrunner and Be My Enemy, books one and two of the Everness series for younger readers (though older readers will find them a ball of fun, as well). Ian worked in television development for sixteen years, but is glad to be back to writing fulltime.
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