A Closed and Common Orbit

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What to expect

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 HUGO AWARD AND THE ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARD

'Chambers is simply an exceptional talent' Tor.com

**Winner of the 2017 Prix Julia-Verlanger**

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

Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in an 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. She's never felt so alone.

But she's not alone, not really. Pepper, one of the engineers who risked life and limb to reinstall Lovelace, is determined to help her adjust to her new world. Because Pepper knows a thing or two about starting over.

Together, Pepper and Lovey will discover that, huge as the galaxy may be, it's anything but empty.

PRAISE FOR THE WAYFARERS

'Never less than deeply involving' DAILY MAIL

'Explores the quieter side of sci-fi while still wowing us with daring leaps of imagination' iBOOKS

'So much fun to read' HEAT

'Warm, engaging, properly science-fictional, A Closed and Common Orbit is a very likable novel indeed'GUARDIAN

'The most fun that I've had with a novel in a long, long time' iO9

Critics Review

PRAISE FOR THE WAYFARERS

Never less than deeply involving

DAILY MAIL

Chambers is simply an exceptional talent

TOR.COM

So much fun to read

HEAT

Joyously written and a joy to read.

Claire North on THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET

The most fun that I’ve had with a novel in a long, long time

iO9

Explores the quieter side of sci-fi while still wowing us with daring leaps of imagination

iBOOKS

Exceptional… Chambers is a true talent and writer to watch

POP VERSE

Warm, engaging, properly science-fictional, A Closed and Common Orbit is a very likable novel indeed

GUARDIAN

Becky Chambers writes aliens like no one else … the only flaw in this series is you’ll wish you could spend more time with all of them

NPR 50 Best Sci-fi and Fantasy Books of the Past Decade

One of the most enjoyable, brilliantly realised spacey SF novels I’ve read in ages.

James Smythe on THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET

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