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Perhaps the Stars

By Ada Palmer
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In a future world where utopian stability is a facade, the catalyst for global chaos is a special little boy. Perhaps the Stars, the gripping conclusion to Ada Palmer's Hugo Award-shortlisted Terra Ignota series, explores the consequences of a society's comforts and the complexities of war, religion, and human nature.

The leaders of Hive nations—nations without fixed location—secretly committed nefarious deeds to maintain an illusion of peace. But when conflict finally ignites, it spreads rapidly throughout the globe, fracturing old alliances and awakening dormant enmities. With worldwide transportation systems in ruins, the tyranny of distance threatens to shatter a long-united Earth.

As war chronicles a broken society's spiral into ruin, the mysterious Ninth Anonymous must attempt to restore order in Mycroft's absence. Amidst the discord, humanity faces a crucial decision: remain bound to Earth or seek salvation in the stars.

Perhaps the Stars is a thought-provoking blend of dystopian fiction, philosophy, metaphysics, and social commentary. Ada Palmer, winner of the 2017 John W. Campbell Award for Best Writer, delivers a powerful conclusion that will leave readers pondering the fate of a civilization on the brink.

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At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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“By the time i finished, it felt undeniable: Terra Ignota is one of the most ambitious, coherent, and emotionally challenging SFF projects i've ever read and Perhaps the Stars stuck the landing far better than i could've imagined. This is now a top five series for me without question. Palmer was so brave to follow her ideas all the way to their most painful conclusions. The greek epic allusions peak in PTS especially when mycroft begins to consciously frame himself as odysseus: cast out, clever, guilty, drifting at sea. And what made it so powerful is that mycroft chose that lens but unlike odysseus there is no triumphant homecoming waiting. Mycroft’s arc here was definitely the emotional spine, and it really struck me most how completely this book strips away the safety of his narration. 9A’s growth might be subtler, but it’s one of the most meaningful. Like where mycroft tried to control the narrative to protect humanity from despair, 9A had accepted that truth doesn’t need curation to be humane so their voice, in many ways, was a lot braver. I genuinely loved seeing 9A step fully into authorship. And Gordian’s arc is one i didn’t expect to hit as hard as it did. His growth being not about redemption so much as recognition. Like realizing that being right is meaningless if the structure itself is wrong. Truly a phenomenal antagonist. And ofc i have to mention jedd mason. His growth might have been the most quietly radical of all. Jedd learning to define himself outside of what others need him to be is TI at its most humane. He refused inevitability and in doing so redefined what leadership can look like. Probably my fav fictional fictional.”
“I don't think I ever read anything that struck me as deeply as Terra Ignota. I just finished Perhsps the Stars and I am in tears. It's going to take me a while to process this masterpiece.”

About Ada Palmer

Ada Palmer (she/her) is a professor in the history department of the University of Chicago, specializing in Renaissance history and the history of ideas. Her first nonfiction book, Reading Lucretius in the Renaissance, was published in 2014 by Harvard University Press. She is also a composer of folk and Renaissance-tinged a cappella vocal music on historical themes, most of which she performs with the group Sassafrass. She writes about history for a popular audience at exurbe.com and about SF and fantasy-related matters at Tor.com. Too Like the Lightning was her debut fiction book.

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