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Edge of Dark by Brenda Cooper

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Edge of Dark

Brenda Cooper

Pyr · Paperback · March 3, 2015

Reading lane: Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi

What if a society banished its worst nightmare to the far edge of the solar system, destined to sip only dregs of light and struggle for the barest living.

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Why This Clicks

Wild Meets Machine

A sharp-edged space adventure brings restored wildness, powerful stations, and near-AI life into collision.

Come here for

  • A planet’s untamed life alongside the engineered reach of a solar system
  • Questions of identity across flesh, bone, silicon, and carbon fiber

Expect

  • Clashing moral compasses and ambitious space-station adventure
  • A vivid pull between the wild and the technological

Book Details

Authors
Brenda Cooper
Publisher
Pyr
Published
March 3, 2015
Format
Paperback
Theme
Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi · Alien Contact
Reading lane
Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi

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Publisher Categories

  • Literary Fiction

  • Sci-Fi Adventure

  • Space Opera

About This Book

What if a society banished its worst nightmare to the far edge of the solar system, destined to sip only dregs of light and struggle for the barest living. And yet, that life thrived? It grew and learned and became far more than you ever expected, and it wanted to return to the sun. What if it didn’t share your moral compass in any way? The Glittering Edge duology describes the clash of forces when an advanced society that has filled a solar system with flesh and blood life...

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What if a society banished its worst nightmare to the far edge of the solar system, destined to sip only dregs of light and struggle for the barest living. And yet, that life thrived? It grew and learned and became far more than you ever expected, and it wanted to return to the sun. What if it didn’t share your moral compass in any way? The Glittering Edge duology describes the clash of forces when an advanced society that has filled a solar system with flesh and blood life meets the near-AI’s that it banished long ago. This is a story of love for the wild and natural life on a colony planet, complex adventure set in powerful space stations, and the desire to live completely whether you are made of flesh and bone or silicon and carbon fiber. In Edge of Dark, meet ranger Charlie Windar and his adopted wild predator, and explore their home on a planet that has been raped and restored more than once. Meet Nona Hall, child of power and privilege from the greatest station in the system, the Diamond Deep. Meet Nona’s best friend, a young woman named Chrystal who awakens in a robotic body….

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