Dr. Sunyata Song must travel across the Milky Way to learn to communicate with the greatest discovery of her century an artificial intelligence the size of a stellar system, in Hugo Awardwinning author Bears next science fiction epic.Information doesnt want to be free. Information wants to vanish without a trace.Sunya Songs job is to stop that from happening.Shes an archinformist a specialist historian whose job usually involves sitting at a console at her university job near the Galactic Core, sorting ancient documents and restoring corrupted files. But now, the research opportunity of a lifetime has sent her and her family halfway across the galaxy to save the archaeological find of the century an ancient alien artificial intelligence called the Baomind.As vast as a stellar system, the Baomind orbits a dying red giant, and the stars time has nearly ended.The remote research station and its small fleet of ships come under attack by fanatic Freeport pirates who believe that artificial intelligence is an abomination that must be destroyed, putting the lives of Sunya and her family at risk.Tens of thousands of light years from home, isolated from all help, Sunya is the only one who can save them all.Praise for Elizabeth BearLike the best of speculative fiction, Bear has created a fascinating and complete universethat blends hightech gadgetry with Old World adventure and political collusion Publishers WeeklyElizabeth Bear is just as comfortable writing steampunk and...

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