by Vernor Vinge
First published 2011
Ten years have passed since Ravna Bergnsdot crash-landed on Tines World with hundreds of human children in cold sleep. She has awakened more than one hundred of them and helped forge an uneasy peace with the pack-minded aliens who rule this planet. The war that nearly destroyed both species has ended, but new threats emerge from within. Power-hungry factions among both humans and Tines plot to destroy the fragile civilization they have built together. Ravna must navigate deadly political schemes while protecting the children she has sworn to save. On a world filled with alien wonders and lethal perils, she faces enemies who will sacrifice everything to seize control. This sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep returns readers to Vinge's universe two decades later, following the survivors as they struggle to build a future worth fighting for.
Genres: fiction, science-fiction, adventure, fantasy
Vibes: emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Tines World
Period: Sequel, Decades Later
444 pages · Hardcover · Tor