Random House New Releases - Fiction - Science Fiction - High Tech - Between May 22, 2012 and June 21, 2013.

Ghost Spin by Chris Moriarty

2013-05-28T00:30:00-05:00

Ghost Spin
Written by Chris Moriarty

Trade Paperback, 576 pages | Spectra | Fiction - Science Fiction - High Tech; Fiction - Technological; Fiction - Adventure | $16.00 | May 28, 2013 | 978-0-553-38494-9 (0-553-38494-5)

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 UN’s sprawling interstellar empire is failing as its quantum teleportation network collapses, turning once-viable colonies into doomed island outposts. Humanity’s only hope of survival is the Drift: a mysterious region of space where faster-than-light travel—or something far stranger—seems 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 evolution—and 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 dies—allegedly by his own hand—and 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, Cohen’s human (well, partly human) lover, who embarks on a desperate search to solve the mystery of Cohen’s death—and put him back together. But Li isn’t the only one interested in Cohen’s 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 don’t walk again.

Ghost Spin by Chris Moriarty

2013-05-28T00:30:00-05:00

Ghost Spin
Written by Chris Moriarty

eBook, 576 pages | Spectra | Fiction - Science Fiction - High Tech; Fiction - Technological; Fiction - Adventure | $9.99 | May 28, 2013 | 978-0-345-52628-1 (0-345-52628-7)

Moxyland by Lauren Beukes

2013-05-28T00:30:00-05:00

Moxyland
Written by Lauren Beukes

Trade Paperback, 304 pages | Angry Robot | Fiction - Science Fiction; Fiction - Science Fiction - High Tech | $14.99 | May 28, 2013 | 978-0-85766-381-8 (0-85766-381-X)

What's really going on? Who's really in charge? You have NO. F***KING. IDEA.

A frighteningly persuasive, high-tech fable, this novel follows the lives of four narrators living in an alternative futuristic Cape Town, South Africa. An art-school dropout, and AIDS baby, a tech-activist and an RPG-obsessed blogger live in a world where your online identity is at least as important as your physical one. Getting disconnected is a punishment worse than imprisonment, but someone's got to stand up to Government Inc. - whatever the cost. Taking hedonistic trends in society to their ultimate conclusions, this tale paints anything but a forecasted utopia, satirically undermining the reified idea of progress as society's white knight.

From the bestselling author of The Shining Girls and the Arthur C. Clarke-award-winning Zoo City.

File Under: Science Fiction [ Digital Natives | Corporate Wars | Future | Teenage Riot ]

E-book ISBN: 978-0-85766-005-3

From the Paperback edition.

A Perfect Beast-After Earth by Peter David

2013-04-30T00:30:00-05:00

A Perfect Beast-After Earth
Written by Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger and Peter David

The official prequel novel of the epic film After Earth, directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Jaden Smith and Will Smith

After their exodus from Earth, the last humans settled a remote planet, Nova Prime. When an alien force known as the Skrel descended from the skies, the United Ranger Corps, an elite defense unit, valiantly resisted. Centuries passed without an attack, and many colonists believed that, with other security measures in place, the resources devoted to maintaining their military strength would be better spent elsewhere. Little did they know that trouble was coming to Nova Prime—and it had a taste for blood.

The latest in a long line of decorated warriors, Conner Raige is one of the Rangers’ most promising young cadets, although his brash confidence and tendency to act on instinct have earned him as many skeptics as admirers. Conner’s ancestors were on the front lines of humanity’s victory against the Skrel. But when a deadly ground war breaks out, Conner’s up against an entirely different beast—because, this time, the Skrel have brought a secret weapon: ferocious killing machines designed to eliminate humanity from Nova Prime . . . and the universe.

BONUS: Includes the first three novellas of Ghost Stories, the thrilling eBook original prequel series!

A Perfect Beast-After Earth by Peter David

2013-04-30T00:30:00-05:00

A Perfect Beast-After Earth
Written by Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger and Peter David

Amped by Daniel H. Wilson

2013-02-12T00:30:00-05:00

Amped
Written by Daniel H. Wilson

As he did in New York Times bestseller Robopocalypse, Daniel Wilson masterfully envisions a stunning world where superhuman technology and humanity clash in surprising—and thrilling—ways.

It’s the near future, and scientists have developed implants that treat brain dysfunction—and also make recipients capable of superhuman feats. Exploiting societal fears of the newly enhanced, politicians pass a set of laws to restrict the rights of “amplified” humans, instantly creating a new persecuted underclass known as “amps.” On the day that the Supreme Court passes the first of these laws, twenty-nine-year-old schoolteacher Owen Gray is forced into hiding, only dimly aware of the latent powers he possesses. To escape imprisonment, and to find out who he really is, Owen seeks out a community in Oklahoma where, it is rumored, a group of the most enhanced amps may be about to change the world—or destroy it.

The Games by Ted Kosmatka

2013-01-29T00:30:00-05:00

The Games
Written by Ted Kosmatka

Jurassic Park meets The Hunger Games in this stunning new high-energy, high-concept tale from first-time novelist Ted Kosmatka, a Nebula Award and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award finalist.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Brilliant geneticist Silas Williams oversees U.S. selections for the Olympic Gladiator competition, an internationally sanctioned bloodsport with only one rule: No entrants may possess human DNA. Desperate to maintain America’s edge in the upcoming Games, Silas’s superior engages an experimental supercomputer to design the ultimate, unbeatable combatant. The result is a highly specialized killing machine, its genome never before seen on earth. But even a genius like Silas cannot anticipate the consequences of allowing a computer’s cold logic to play God. Growing swiftly, the mutant gladiator demonstrates preternatural strength, speed, and—most chillingly—intelligence. And before hell breaks loose, Silas and beautiful xenobiologist Vidonia João must race to understand what unbound science has wrought—even as their professional curiosity gives way to a most unexpected emotion: sheer terror.

Praise for The Games

“Blends the best of Crichton and Koontz.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Outstanding . . . very like something Michael Crichton might have written . . . [a] bold mix of horror and SF . . . Expect big things from [Ted] Kosmatka.”—Booklist (starred review)

“Kosmatka successfully captures the thrill of groundbreaking technology. . . . The pleasure of his polished, action-packed storytelling is deepened by strong character development. This near-future SF thriller . . . seems destined for the big screen.”—Library Journal (starred review)

The Sum of Her Parts by Alan Dean Foster

2012-11-27T00:30:00-05:00

The Sum of Her Parts
Written by Alan Dean Foster

In this thrilling science fiction adventure—the triumphant conclusion to the Tipping Point trilogy—New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster returns to a near future in which genetic manipulation and extreme body modification have changed profoundly what it means to be human.

Dr. Ingrid Seastrom was once a respected American physician. Whispr, whose body has been transformed to preternatural thinness, was once a streetwise thief. Now, in a world on the edge of catastrophe from centuries of environmental exploitation, they are allies—thrust together by fate to unravel an impossible mystery—even as they are stalked by a relentless killer.

Ingrid and Whispr are hunted fugitives bound together by a thread: a data-storage thread made of a material that cannot exist, yet somehow does. Their quest to learn its secrets—and, in Whispr’s case, sell them to the highest bidder—has brought them to South Africa’s treacherous Namib desert. Beyond its dangers waits a heavily guarded research facility that promises answers, if they can survive long enough to get there. But that won’t be easy, not with Napun Molé on their trail. They’ve already escaped the assassin twice, and as far as Molé is concerned, finishing them off isn’t just a job anymore . . . it’s personal.

The Sum of Her Parts by Alan Dean Foster

2012-11-27T00:30:00-05:00

The Sum of Her Parts
Written by Alan Dean Foster

Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson

2012-11-07T00:30:00-05:00

Mona Lisa Overdrive
Written by William Gibson

William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel Neuromancer, has written his most brilliant and thrilling work to date . . .The Mona Lisa Overdrive. Enter Gibson's unique world--lyric and mechanical, erotic and violent, sobering and exciting--where multinational corporations and high tech outlaws vie for power, traveling into the computer-generated universe known as cyberspace. Into this world comes Mona, a young girl with a murky past and an uncertain future whose life is on a collision course with internationally famous Sense/Net star Angie Mitchell. Since childhood, Angie has been able to tap into cyberspace without a computer. Now, from inside cyberspace, a kidnapping plot is masterminded by a phantom entity who has plans for Mona, Angie, and all humanity, plans that cannot be controlled . . . or even known. And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yazuka, the powerful Japanese underworld, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes . . . or so they think.

Blades of Winter by G. T. Almasi

2012-08-28T00:30:00-05:00

Blades of Winter A Novel of the Shadowstorm
Written by G. T. Almasi

In one of the most exciting debuts in years, G. T. Almasi has fused the intricate cat-and-mouse games of a John le Carré novel with the brash style of comic book superheroes to create a kick-ass alternate history that reimagines the Cold War as a clash of spies with biological, chemical, and technological enhancements.

Nineteen-year-old Alix Nico, a self-described “million-dollar murder machine,” is a rising star in ExOps, a covert-action agency that aggressively shields the United States from its three great enemies: the Soviet Union, Greater Germany, and the Nationalist Republic of China. Rather than risk another all-out war, the four superpowers have poured their resources into creating superspies known as Levels.

Alix is one of the hottest young American Levels. That’s no surprise: Her dad was America’s top Level before he was captured and killed eight years ago. But when an impulsive decision explodes—literally—in her face, Alix uncovers a conspiracy that pushes her to her limits and could upset the global balance of power forever.

“Smart, sassy, and seriously appealing: a stunning debut.”—Jeff Long, New York Times bestselling author of The Descent

Blades of Winter by G. T. Almasi

2012-08-28T00:30:00-05:00

Blades of Winter A Novel of the Shadowstorm
Written by G. T. Almasi

Micro (en espanol) by Michael Crichton

2012-08-14T00:30:00-05:00

Micro (en espanol)
Written by Michael Crichton

En Parque Jurásico Michael Crichton nos enseñó un nuevo mundo terrorífico. En Micro nos descubre un universo demasiado minúsculo para verlo, pero demasiado peligroso para ignorarlo.

En la densa selva de Oahu, Hawai, un grupo de científicos de los laboratorios Nanigen MicroTechnologies se dedica a estudiar las drogas naturales presentes en trillones de microorganismos y miles de bacterias con la intención de aprovechar todas las aplicaciones comerciales posibles. Con este fin, Nanigen ficha a siete estudiantes posgraduados para trabajar en sus laboratorios de Hawai. Allí participarán en descubrimientos microbiológicos que jamás hubieran podido siquiera imaginar. Pero una vez en la selva de Oahu, los siete se encontrarán inmersos en un mundo hostil tan peligroso como sorprendente. El único recurso que podrán utilizar será sus conocimientos especializados, que les ayudarán a encauzar las fuerzas de la propia naturaleza.

Una novela sensacional, terminada por el prestigioso escritor científico Richard Preston, Micro es un apasionante thriller sobre el fascinante futuro de la microbiología.

Robopocalipsis by Daniel Wilson

2012-08-14T00:30:00-05:00

Robopocalipsis
Written by Daniel Wilson

Están en tu casa. Están en tu coche. Están en el cielo. Y ahora vienen a por ti.

En un futuro cercano, una unidad de inteligencia artificial llamada Archos se activa sola y mata al hombre que la creó. Con este primer acto de traición, Archos inicia el siniestro proceso que la llevará a controlar la red de máquinas y la sofisticada tecnología que regula nuestro mundo. Unos meses más tarde, todos los dispositivos mecánicos se sublevan, haciendo estallar la Guerra de los Robots, una sangrienta ofensiva que diezma a la población humana y que, por primera vez en la historia, hace que hombres y mujeres de orígenes y creencias dispares se unan sin reservas. Durante cinco años librarán una lucha épica, impulsados por una única y férrea motivación: la supervivencia de su especie.

Poblada por protagonistas inolvidables, Robopocalipsis es una electrizante y entretenida novela futurista sobre el lado oscuro de la evolución tecnológica.

“Profundamente inquietante… Wilson mantiene un excelente ritmo, creando una apasiónate historia sobre los peligros tecnológicos en nuestras vidas”. —Los Angeles Times

Robopocalipsis by Daniel Wilson

2012-08-14T00:30:00-05:00

Robopocalipsis
Written by Daniel Wilson

vN by Madeline Ashby

2012-07-31T00:30:00-05:00

vN The First Machine Dynasty
Written by Madeline Ashby

Amy Peterson is a self-replicating humanoid robot known as a VonNeumann.

For the past five years, she has been grown slowly as part of a mixed organic/synthetic family. She knows very little about her android mother's past, so when her grandmother arrives and attacks her mother, Amy wastes no time: she eats her alive.

Now she carries her malfunctioning granny as a partition on her memory drive, and she's learning impossible things about her clade's history - like the fact that she alone can kill humans without failsafing...

vN by Madeline Ashby

2012-07-31T00:30:00-05:00

vN
Written by Madeline Ashby

Suited by Jo Anderton

2012-06-26T00:30:00-05:00

Suited
Written by Jo Anderton

Tanyana has chosen to help the Keeper, to stand against the Puppet Men, but has she bitten off more than she can chew?

File Under: Science Fiction

Random House New Releases - Fiction - Science Fiction - High Tech - Between May 22, 2012 and June 21, 2013.

Ghost Spin by Chris Moriarty

Ghost Spin Written by Chris Moriarty

Ghost Spin by Chris Moriarty

Ghost Spin Written by Chris Moriarty

Moxyland by Lauren Beukes

Moxyland Written by Lauren Beukes

A Perfect Beast-After Earth by Peter David

A Perfect Beast-After Earth Written by Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger and Peter David

A Perfect Beast-After Earth by Peter David

A Perfect Beast-After Earth Written by Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger and Peter David

Amped by Daniel H. Wilson

Amped Written by Daniel H. Wilson

The Games by Ted Kosmatka

The Games Written by Ted Kosmatka

The Sum of Her Parts by Alan Dean Foster

The Sum of Her Parts Written by Alan Dean Foster

The Sum of Her Parts by Alan Dean Foster

The Sum of Her Parts Written by Alan Dean Foster

Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson

Mona Lisa Overdrive Written by William Gibson

Blades of Winter by G. T. Almasi

Blades of Winter A Novel of the ShadowstormWritten by G. T. Almasi

Blades of Winter by G. T. Almasi

Blades of Winter A Novel of the ShadowstormWritten by G. T. Almasi

Micro (en espanol) by Michael Crichton

Micro (en espanol) Written by Michael Crichton

Robopocalipsis by Daniel Wilson

Robopocalipsis Written by Daniel Wilson

Robopocalipsis by Daniel Wilson

Robopocalipsis Written by Daniel Wilson

vN by Madeline Ashby

vN The First Machine DynastyWritten by Madeline Ashby

vN by Madeline Ashby

vN Written by Madeline Ashby

Suited by Jo Anderton

Suited Written by Jo Anderton

Ghost Spin
Written by Chris Moriarty

Ghost Spin
Written by Chris Moriarty

Moxyland
Written by Lauren Beukes

A Perfect Beast-After Earth
Written by Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger and Peter David

A Perfect Beast-After Earth
Written by Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger and Peter David

Amped
Written by Daniel H. Wilson

The Games
Written by Ted Kosmatka

The Sum of Her Parts
Written by Alan Dean Foster

The Sum of Her Parts
Written by Alan Dean Foster

Mona Lisa Overdrive
Written by William Gibson

Blades of Winter A Novel of the Shadowstorm
Written by G. T. Almasi

Blades of Winter A Novel of the Shadowstorm
Written by G. T. Almasi

Micro (en espanol)
Written by Michael Crichton

Robopocalipsis
Written by Daniel Wilson

Robopocalipsis
Written by Daniel Wilson

vN The First Machine Dynasty
Written by Madeline Ashby

vN
Written by Madeline Ashby

Suited
Written by Jo Anderton