Cirrus@Austlit

'Look into the future and see what you might become….

'Dark age barbarian princesses, Mexican ninja zombies soldiers, icy interrogators of networked intellects, searchers for eternal youth, warrior families hiding in the corners of a future haunted by machines bent on our destruction, and distant deepspace protectors of humanity’s future.

'Whether it’s the day after tomorrow or a million years into the deep future, there are moments when humanity stares into the abyss and faced with possibility extinction follow Darwin’s theory – change, adapt, alter, evolve. Take on a different body, engineer a new intellect, become something completely different to preserve whatever is most human about us.' (Publication summary)

'Worlds within. Worlds without end. Seven novellas from Australia’s #1 New York Times-bestselling “Emperor of Sci-fi” that take the reader on journeys deep and wide: through space- and time-bending labyrinths; via machines that challenge our very notions of reality; to the very ends of humanity and the furthest reaches of the human heart.

'THESKYINSIDE collects work by Sean Williams set in his TWINMAKER, ASTROPOLIS and STRUCTURE series that have been recognised by the Aurealis, Ditmar and Locus Awards, along with new work that spans the decades of his writing career' (Publication summary)