The Engines of Light Author:Ken MacLeod Omnibus edition contains: — Cosmonaut Keep — When Alexander Cairns made his fortune, he did some gambling -- financing interstallar probes to look for other life forms. Now his son has discovered that one of them has sent back evidence of alien intelligence, and a space ark financed by a rival family is obliviously approaching the area. — ... more »>Dark Light
Among the powerful intelligences that pervade the universe, there are profound differences of opinion about how to deal with surface life-forms such as human beings. Now, as humans have finally achieved space travel, they find themselves involved in the politics of the gods... and in their wars.
Engine City
The explosive final volume in Ken MacLeod's far-future trilogy. Nova Babylonia is in decline. The expected alien invaders never came and the Regime has fallen. Into this corrupt city arrives an outsider whose purpose is ambiguous. But businessman or spy, he is not the only visitor.« less