Karl Schroeder
Lockstep
- ISBN 13:
- 9780765337276
- author:
- Karl Schroeder
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Tor Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 15.5 x 2.3 x 23.4 cm
- Genre:
- Books
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Seventeen-year-old Toby McGonigal finds himself lost in space after being separated from his family. He expects to drift into cold sleep and be gone for good, but instead wakes up 14,000 years later to discover a thriving planet and a galaxy he doesn't recognise.
The Lockstep Empire is a place where civilization is kept alive by careful hibernation, with citizens surviving for millennia on long voyages between worlds. But when Toby returns, he's shocked to learn that the Empire is still ruled by its founding family - his own. His brother Peter has become a tyrant, and Toby must navigate this new world with the help of a lockstep girl named Corva.
Toby's journey takes him on a quest to survive the forces of the Lockstep Empire, outwit his siblings, and save human civilization from its own hibernation cycles. A grand innovation in hard Science Fiction space opera, Karl Schroeder's novel explores the complexities of power, identity, and what it means to be alive.