Bee Speaker

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The end of the world has been and gone.

There was no one great natural disaster, no all-consuming world war, no catastrophic pandemic. Rather scores of storms, droughts and floods; dozens of vicious, selfish regional conflicts that only destroyed what could no longer be rebuilt. No single finishing stroke for Earths great global human society, but you can still bleed to death from a thousand cuts.

The Red Planet fared better. Where Earth fell apart, Mars pulled together. Engineered men and beasts, aided by Bees, an outlawed distributed intelligence, survived through co-operation, because there was simply no alternative.

Fast forward to the present day. A signal "For the sake of what once was. We beg you. Help." reaches Mars.

How could they not help A consortium of Martian work crews gather the resources for a mission: a triumphal return to the blue-green world of their ancestors.

And now here they are three hundred million kilometres from home.

And it has all already gone horribly wrong.

Reviews

'A gripping dive into bioethics and artificial intelligence' * New Scientist on DOGS OF WAR *
'You don't need to have read Dogs of War to enjoy Bear Head but why deny yourself the pleasure' * The Times on BEAR HEAD *
'Funny, appalling, gruesome and uplifting (often at the same time), Bear Head is propelled by a cracking plot that balances dystopian satire with a palpable sense of moral peril' * Daily Mail on BEAR HEAD *
'If you're a fan of Black Mirror, this classic dystopian book will have you hooked within the first few pages. Smart, fast-paced, and razor-sharp, this book is surprisingly funny while still remaining deeply thought-provoking' * Daily Express on BEAR HEAD *
'A rousing good read' * Guardian on BEAR HEAD *

Author Bio

Adrian Tchaikovsky is a British science-fiction and fantasy writer known for a wide-variety of work including the Children of Time, Final Architecture, Dogs of War, Tyrant Philosophers and Shadows of the Apt series, as well as standalone books such as Elder Race, Doors of Eden, Spiderlight and many others. Children of Time and its series has won the Arthur C Clarke and BSFA awards, and his other works have won the British Fantasy, British Science Fiction and Sidewise Awards.