It Takes Death to Reach a Star, Book One of a Duology.
The Action of Purpose Trilogy
Through the Fury to the Dawn
Into the Dark of the Day
Against the Fading of the Light
The Children of the Fifth Sun Trilogy
Children of the Fifth Sun
Children of the Fifth Sun: Echelon
Children of the Fifth Sun: Rubicon (2020)
It Takes Death to Reach a Star
2019 IPPY Bronze Award Science Fiction
2019 Feathered Quill Gold Award Winner Science Fiction
2018 Cygnus Award First Place Ribbon Dystopian Science Fiction
2018 Dragon Award Nominee Best Science Fiction Novel
2018 New York Book Festival Winner Science Fiction
2018 Readers’ Favorite Honorable Mention Science Fiction
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Children of the Fifth Sun
2019 Eric Hoffer Award Honorable Mention Science Fiction
2019 Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize Shortlist
2019 Eric Hoffer Award First Horizon Finalist
2018 London Book Fesitval Winner Science Fiction
2018 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalist Science Fiction
Children of the Fifth Sun: Echelon
2018 Hollywood Book Festival Winner Science Fiction
In The Shadow Of A Valiant Moon
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Copyright © 2020 Stu Jones and Gareth Worthington
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Self-made gods with only the laws of physics to keep us company,
we are accountable to no one.
—Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens
For my father—a pillar of unshakable faith and fortitude, standing amidst the storm.
– Stu Jones
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For Dominica—for the girl who holds the hand of this
often-distant man.
– Gareth Worthington