

Lovelace, once the AI of the Wayfarer, has a new body. Together, Pepper and Lovey will discover that, huge as the galaxy may be, it’s anything but empty. Because Pepper knows a thing or two about starting over. Pepper, one of the engineers who risked life and limb to reinstall Lovelace, is determined to help her adjust to her new world. She’s never felt so alone.īut she’s not alone, not really. When she wakes up in a new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has to start over in a synthetic body, in a world where her kind are illegal. Lovelace was once merely a ship’s artificial intelligence.

The stand-alone sequel to the award-winning The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.

Utterly captivating from beginning to end, raising thought-provoking questions throughout, this is a series that really shouldn’t be missed. This is a sequel that not only surpasses its predecessor in its richness of setting and depth of character, but opens up a beautiful and terrifying world of possibilities for the ongoing series. Following the story of Pepper’s past and Lovelace’s present, A Closed and Common Orbit is a tale of love and hope, friendship and family, and the struggle for identity in a vast and sometimes unforgiving universe. The second in the Wayfarers series picks up the narrative of Lovelace and Pepper after the conclusion of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Science Fiction | 385 Pages | Published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2016
