Elizabeth Bear won the John W. Campbell award for Best New Writer in 2005 and has since published fifteen novels and numerous short stories. She writes in both the science fiction and fantasy genres and has won critical acclaim in both. She has won the Hugo Award more than once. She lives in Massachusetts. Visit her on X @Matociquala.

"Elizabeth Bear's White Space series is the sociopolitical science fiction I've always wanted: profoundly interested in how people negotiate ethics and interdependence through a frame of future emotional and governmental technologies. Brilliant, humane, and compelling."--Arkady Martine, Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire

* "Anyone who enjoys space opera, exploration of characters, and political speculation will love this outstanding novel...Amid a space opera resurgence, Bear's novel sets the bar high."-- "Publishers Weekly, starred review for Ancestral Night"

"Offers plenty of big, bold, fascinating ideas...Impressive at the core."-- "Kirkus Reviews for Ancestral Night"

"Spectacularly smart space opera... Bear proves her mastery of the space opera genre yet again."-- "Publishers Weekly, Starred Review for Machine"

Publisher: S&s/Saga Press

Pub date: 2025-06-17

Length: 496 pages