AFTER ATLAS
2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee
“Newman writes with exquisite precision of grief, divided loyalties, and the struggle for self-actualization. . . . Gripping and sorrowful, this imaginative story is a satisfying return to Newman’s future of greed and hope.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A lovely locked-room mystery in which the stakes are incredibly high. . . . Emma Newman creates addictive page-turners, and this is another fine example.”
—Starburst
“Newman combines the classic mystery novel whodunit with a frighteningly possible reality of corporate-owned governments. The murder investigation will intrigue readers, while the overall feeling of something more sinister happening keeps the pages turning until the unexpected conclusion.”
—Booklist
“After Atlas is a complete and nearly perfectly plotted and paced story.”
—Books, Bones & Buffy
“After Atlas was just about everything I never knew I wanted it to be. . . . The ending is satisfying and the story is incredible.”
—Bookworm Blues
“The story dug its hooks under my skin so that even now, days later, I’m still reeling from that punch-drunk sensation I get when I finish an amazing book. . . . Emma Newman has written a police procedural like she was born into this genre, laying out the clues and following up on all the leads before pulling everything together for a stunner, the way a composer conducts the many parts of an orchestra to build her symphony [to] a climax.”
—The BiblioSanctum
PLANETFALL
“Gripping, thoughtful science fiction in the vein of Tiptree or Crispin. Unique, timely, and enthralling . . . absolutely beautiful. What a glorious, heartbreaking maze of a book.”
—Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Once Broken Faith
“Newman has crafted a thrilling tale of murder, mystery, and madness on a world where humanity is still its own worst enemy. Horrifying and heartbreaking in equal measure, the catastrophe driving this narrative will keep you riveted until the very last page.”
—Kameron Hurley, author of The Stars Are Legion
“A fascinating and propulsive tale.”
—Locus
“Incredibly well-realized world building . . . thrilling.”
—io9
“Builds and builds to this remarkable crescendo. . . . The ending had me breathless . . . an awesome book.”
—Roxane Gay, author of Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
“Think Interstellar; think Prometheus. . . . Beautifully written: an unfolding alien mystery and complex, utterly believable characters.”
—Stephen Baxter, national bestselling author of The Light of Other Days
“Filled with wonders, revelations, and edge-of-the-seat suspense, Planetfall is a fascinating, heartbreaking exploration of love and loneliness set against an awe-inspiring backdrop. An instant classic of the genre.”
—Gareth L. Powell, BSFA Award–winning author of Macaque Attack
“A strange but mesmerizing book in which almost nothing is as it seems . . . reads at once like a character study, a mystery, a hard-science-fiction tale about the colonists on an alien world, and a surrealist science fiction about alien life.”
—RT Book Reviews
“This heartbreaking adventure is a tragedy of science and faith.”
—Publishers Weekly