A hard science fiction novel of struggle and survival, told across nine interlinked stories.
On the colony world New Hope, a plague has broken out. Its victims become delusional. Some experience moments of crazed religiosity, while others fall into uncontrollable violence. Still others fall into a stupor, and either starve to death, or wander onto the vast desert playa that makes up most of the planet, where they die.
So far, the plague is confined to the northern hemisphere. But it's in danger of spreading, via the "windships" (wheeled landships driven by sails) that serve as long-haul cargo carriers between cities in the planet's northern and southern temperate bands.
Nine tightly integrated stories, written by seven different authors, tell the tale of Fusheng, a windship captained by Min Long, a woman who clings to the romance of windships in an era in which coal-powered landships are becoming the norm. Fusheng seems to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time - sailing into the thick of the plague.
Ultimately, the crew of Fusheng will be the ones to tip the balance, for good or ill...
www.windship.space
Genre: Science Fiction
On the colony world New Hope, a plague has broken out. Its victims become delusional. Some experience moments of crazed religiosity, while others fall into uncontrollable violence. Still others fall into a stupor, and either starve to death, or wander onto the vast desert playa that makes up most of the planet, where they die.
So far, the plague is confined to the northern hemisphere. But it's in danger of spreading, via the "windships" (wheeled landships driven by sails) that serve as long-haul cargo carriers between cities in the planet's northern and southern temperate bands.
Nine tightly integrated stories, written by seven different authors, tell the tale of Fusheng, a windship captained by Min Long, a woman who clings to the romance of windships in an era in which coal-powered landships are becoming the norm. Fusheng seems to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time - sailing into the thick of the plague.
Ultimately, the crew of Fusheng will be the ones to tip the balance, for good or ill...
www.windship.space
Genre: Science Fiction
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