PRAISE FOR THE WRITING OF ALLEN STEELE


“An author with the potential to revitalize the Heinlein tradition.” —Booklist

“The best hard SF writer to come along in the last decade.” —John Varley, author of Slow Apocalypse

“One of the hottest new writers of hard SF on the scene today.” —Asimov’s Science Fiction

“No question, Steele can tell a story.” —OtherRealms

“The master of science-fiction intrigue.” —The Washington Post

“Allen Steele is among the best” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Steele writes with a spirit of exuberant, even exalted, optimism about our future in space. … Intelligent, literate, and ingenious.” —Booklist

“[Steele’s writing is] highly recommended.” —Library Journal

“A leading young writer of hard science fiction.” —Science Fiction Weekly

Orbital Decay

Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel

“Stunning.” —Chicago Sun-Times

“[Steele is] the master of science-fiction intrigue.” —The Washington Post

“Brings the thrill back to realistic space exploration. It reads like a mainstream novel written in 2016 A.D.” —The New York Review of Science Fiction

“A damned good book; lightning on the high frontier. I got a sense throughout that this was how it would really be.” —Jack McDevitt, author of Cauldron

“An ambitious science fiction thriller … skillfully plotted and written with gusto.” —Publishers Weekly

“A splendidly executed novel of working-class stiffs in space.” —Locus

“Reads like golden-age Heinlein.” —Gregory Benford, author of Beyond Infinity

“Readers won’t be disappointed. This is the kind of hard, gritty SF they haven’t been getting enough of.” —Rave Reviews

The Tranquillity Alternative

“A high-tech thriller set against the backdrop of an alternative space program. Allen Steele has created a novel that is at once action-packed, poignant, and thought provoking. His best novel to date.” —Kevin J. Anderson, bestselling author of the Jedi Academy Trilogy

“Science fiction with its rivets showing as only Steele can deliver it. This one is another winner.” —Jack McDevitt, author of The Engines of God

“With The Tranquility Alternative, Allen Steele warns us of the bitter harvest reaped by intolerance, and of the losses incurred by us all when the humanity of colleagues and friends is willfully ignored.” —Nicola Griffith, author of Ammonite

Labyrinth of Night

“Unanswered questions, high-tech, hard-science SF adventure, and action—how can you fail to enjoy this one?” —Analog Science Fiction and Fact

The Jericho Iteration

“Allen Steele is the best hard SF writer to come along in the last decade. In The Jericho Iteration he comes down to a near-future Earth and proves he can handle a darker, scarier setting as well as his delightful planetary adventures. I couldn’t put it down.” —John Varley, author of Slow Apocalypse

Rude Astronauts

“A portrait of a writer who lives and breathes the dreams of science fiction.” —Analog Science Fiction and Fact

Clarke County, Space

“Lively … engaging.” —Locus

“A really gripping tale … This stuff is what I love the most about science fiction!” —The Texas SF Inquirer

Lunar Descent

“A well-balanced blend of hard science, adventure, and thoughtful extrapolation.” —Science Fiction Chronicle

“A triumph of the individual human spirit … excellent.” —Starlog

Time Loves a Hero

“Not only a story about time traveling and multiple worlds, but also a look at how science fiction inspired scientific endeavors … [Time Loves a Hero] demonstrates Steele’s growth as a writer.” —Steven Silver’s Reviews

Oceanspace

“Steele’s descriptions of the ocean depths and the unknown possibilities down there are first rate.” —The Denver Post

“Steele’s account of the undersea research facility that is the real star of this book is so thorough you’d think he had visited the place. The plot is complex and the characters real. There aren’t many people writing fiction grounded in realistic scientific explanation. Allen Steele is among the best.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“The closest thing in years to [Arthur C.] Clarke’s The Deep Range. Steele has done his technical homework thoroughly and he writes with an eye to pacing and dry wit. Hard SF adventure doesn’t get a whole lot better than this.” —Booklist