{"product_id":"9781781088050","title":"The House of Styx","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe House of Styx\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Derek Künsken\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the beginnings of the Quantum Evolution with \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe House of Styx\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, the start of a groundbreaking new series set 250 years before \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Quantum Magician\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking new series set 250 years before \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Quantum Magician\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLife can exist anywhere. And anywhere there is life, there is home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the swirling clouds of Venus, George-Étienne and his children are one of a few families of \u003ci\u003ela colonie\u003c\/i\u003e living on floating plant-like trawlers, salvaging what they can in the fierce acid rain and crackling storms. Outside is deadly for the unprepared or unwary, but the planet’s atmosphere is far from the only threat a family can face.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the surface of Venus carries its own secrets, too. In the depths, there is a wind that shouldn’t exist. For George-Étienne and the House of Styx, harnessing it may be worth risking all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“A boldly ambitious debut.” -- \u003ci\u003eSFX Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An audacious con job, scintillating future technology, and meditations on the nature of fractured humanity.” -- Yoon Ha Lee\u003cbr\u003e“Künsken has a wonderfully ingenious imagination.” -- Adam Roberts, \u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Technology changes us—even our bodies—in fundamental ways, and Kunsken handles this wonderfully.” -- Cixin Liu\u003cbr\u003e“I have no problems raving about this book. A truly wild backdrop of space-opera with wormholes, big space-fleet conflict and empires.... What could go wrong?” -- Brad K. Horner\u003cbr\u003e“This brainy sci-fi heist novel uses mathematics like magic to pull you through a caper worthy of Jean-Pierre Melville.” -- \u003ci\u003eThe B\u0026amp;N SciFi and Fantasy Blog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Quantum Magician\u003c\/i\u003e is the type of book you go back to the beginning and read again once you know how everything pans out and have those ‘why didn’t I see that the first time?’ moments.” -- \u003ci\u003eStrange Alliances\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A delightfully engaging heist story.” -- Caroline Mersey, \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Book Club\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Quantum Magician\u003c\/i\u003e is a space adventure built on the scaffolding of a classic con job movie (think \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Job\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eOcean’s Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e). It hits all the right beats at the right time, and part of the fun in reading it is wondering: what will go wrong? Who will betray who? What will be the reversals? When done well, as in the case of \u003ci\u003eThe Quantum Magician\u003c\/i\u003e, it’s a delight to read.” -- \u003ci\u003eThe Ottawa Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Quantum Magician\u003c\/i\u003e feels like what would happen if Locke Lamora landed in Bank’s Culture, and if Locke had a lot to say about depraved humans. And I do love me a con artist story! Also? The writing is brilliant, the pacing is damn near perfect, the dialog is fun and snarky, the characters are great, I couldn’t put this book down!” -- \u003ci\u003eThe Little Red Reviewer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Con games and heists are always hard to write – one like this, which comes out pitch perfect, wrapped in a nuanced and striking sci-fi narrative is, to say the least, a rarity.” -- \u003ci\u003eSF and F Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Quantum Magician\u003c\/i\u003e is a fabulous debut, it would make the most fantastic movie. It has everything and more, it seriously needs to be read by way more people. Highly, highly recommended.” -- \u003ci\u003eThe Curious SFF Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Awesomely intersectional and packed full of French swear words, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Styx\u003c\/i\u003e is a great scientific adventure!\" -- Apple Books Review\u003cbr\u003e\"Künsken’s vivid worldbuilding is a knockout... This is a must-read.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House of Styx\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning new sci-fi family drama that admirably shoulders the burden of two heavy genres and distills them into an exhilarating and heart-breaking journey of discovery.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSciFiNow\u003c\/i\u003e, 5 star review\u003cbr\u003e \"Such a wonderful read.\" -- \u003ci\u003eLocus Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This electrifying planetary adventure features a hardscrabble family that earnestly addresses issues of addiction, gender, sexuality, and disability while surviving storms of all sorts in the hostile clouds of Venus. Highly recommended.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review  \u003cbr\u003e\"Künsken has, to my mind, already established a place as one of the best pure ‘hard science’ writers of the current generation, and this book is further evidence of that.” -- Rich Horton, \u003ci\u003eLocus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sometimes nail-biting and always well-paced, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Styx\u003c\/i\u003e is high concept sci-fi that puts characters first—and succeeds by doing so.\" -- \u003ci\u003eAurealis \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781781088050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Solaris","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40591633907918,"sku":"9781781088050","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_7daf7784-078d-4201-a6ea-770714d59f36.jpg?v=1646689592","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781781088050","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}