John C. Wright burst upon the science fiction scene a decade ago with the "Golden Age" trilogy, an innovative space opera. He went on to write fantasy novels, including the popular "Orphans of Chaos" trilogy. Now he returns to space opera in "Count to a Trillion". After the collapse of the world eco[...]

The year is 10,515 AD. The Hyades Armada, travelling at near light speed, will reach Earth in just four centuries to assess humanity's value as slaves. For the last 8,000 years, two opposing factions have laboured to meet the alien threat in very different ways. One of them is Ximen del Azarchel, im[...]

Raised in a strict British boarding school, five orphans discover that they possess unusual powers, from psychic premonitions to the ability to rearrange matter, and when they learn that they have been kidnapped from their parents and are not aging at the same rate as other people, they formulate a [...]