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Empress of the Sun

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by Ian McDonald
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World-hopping, high-action adventure starring a smart boy with computer skills and a tough girl who pilots a blimp

The airship Everness makes a Heisenberg Jump to an alternate Earth unlike any her crew has ever seen. Everett, Sen, and the crew find themselves above a plain that goes on forever in every direction without any horizon. There they find an Alderson Disc, an astronomical megastructure of incredibly strong material reaching from the orbit of Mercury to the orbit of Jupiter.

Then they meet the Jiju, the dominant species on a plane where the dinosaurs didn't die out. They evolved, diversified, and have a twenty-five million year technology head-start on humanity. War between their kingdoms is inevitable, total and terrible.
Everness has jumped right into the midst of a faction fight between rival nations, the Fabreen and Dityu empires. The airship is attacked, but then defended by the forces of the Fabreen, who offers theEverness crew protection. But what is the true motive behind Empress Aswiu's aid? What is her price?

The crew of the Everness is divided in a very alien world, a world fast approaching the point of apocalypse.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Everness

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 4, 2014

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781616148669

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      • ISBN: 9781616148669
      • File size: 715 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      Starred review from December 1, 2013
      The marvelous Everness series takes readers to a world with highly evolved dinosaurs in this third voyage through parallel universes. Readers will need to be familiar with the first two books (Planesrunner, 2011; Be My Enemy, 2012) to have a hope of understanding what's happening this time. The story grows ever-more complex as it follows three plotlines. First comes the main plot with hero Everett Singh, who accidentally guides the Everness to an Alderson Disk, a conglomeration of planets engineered into a vast flat disk, where it crash-lands. Worse, the "Diskworld" (with a nod to Sir Terry Pratchett), has been devised by dangerous, intelligent dinosaurs called the Jiju, which did not go extinct in this parallel universe and have been evolving for tens of millions of years longer than humans. Meanwhile, on our Earth, Everett's "alter," Everett M, tries to fight off an invasion of the Nahn, intelligent nanobots that absorb every living thing they touch. Villain Charlotte Villiers once again plots to steal the Infundibulum, the map of all the universes, from Everett. McDonald lets his imagination run rampant without abandoning credibility, tackling real scientific concepts such as confirmation bias, a feature lacking in far too much science fiction. Fans might wish for more focus on the original Everett, but eventually, the three storylines weave themselves together nicely, setting up another sequel with hints of forthcoming romance. Endlessly fascinating and fun. (Science fiction. 12 & up)

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    • The Horn Book

      July 1, 2014
      In this third book, Everett and crew struggle to survive after the airship Everness crashes on a disc-shaped parallel Earth ruled by highly evolved dinosaurs bent on universal domination. Meanwhile, his mind-sharing twin tries to prevent an invasion from destroying Earth 10. This series continues to be a unique blend of detailed world-building, thought-provoking scenarios, and relatable characters.

      (Copyright 2014 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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