Quietus

(Paperback, New edition)

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In medieval Italy, Niccolucio, a young Florentine Carthusian monk, leads a devout life until the Black Death kills all of his brothers, leaving him alone and filled with doubt. Habidah, an anthropologist from an alien world racked by plague, is overwhelmed by the suffering. Unable to maintain her neutrality, she saves Niccolucio from the brink of death. Habidah discovers that neither her homes plague nor her assignment on Niccolucios ravaged planet are as shes been led to believe. Suddenly the pair are drawn into a worlds-spanning conspiracy to topple an empire larger than the human imagination can contain.

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"In this ambitious and intelligent novel, Palmgren takes the staples of science fiction post-apocalypse, first contact, interventionism and integrates them seamlessly, breathing new life into familiar forms. A truly outstanding debut." NYT bestselling author Una McCormack; "A cast of well-drawn characters and a narrative that is initially tightly focused but rapidly expands to encompass the stars draw the reader into this ambitious tale of intrigue, conspiracy and adventure. Quietus has the trappings of space opera but plays around with so much more; it's an impressive debut that marks the author as one to watch." Ian Whates, author of Pelquin's Comet; "Palmgren's debut immerses the reader in the rat-infested, plague-ravaged streets of 14th-century Europe then flips the narrative to a dizzying scale as the characters uncover layer upon layer of deception, examining what it is to be human along the way. A fine piece of SF and WTF." Susan Murray, author of The Waterborne Blade

Author Bio

TRISTAN PALMGREN is a Missouri, US-based author and computer game writer, known for the critically acclaimed genre-warping novels that blend historical fiction and space opera,Quietusand its sequelTerminus.