John Birmingham is the author of Emergence, Resistance, Ascendance, After America, Without Warning, Final Impact, Designated Targets, Weapons of Choice, and other novels, as well as Leviathan—which won the National Award for Nonfiction at Australia’s Adelaide Festival of the Arts—and the novella Stalin’s Hammer: Rome. He has written for The Sydney Morning Herald, Rolling Stone, Penthouse, Playboy, and numerous other magazines. He lives on top of a hill with his wife, daughter, son, two cats, and two dogs.
“Gripping . . . Birmingham alternates between gut punches and
laugh-out-loud humor. . . . Plenty of twists, sharp turns, and
fateful encounters will keep readers guessing and turning pages.
This jarring, engrossing story of a species-wide fight for survival
is recommended for all science fiction readers.”—Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
“[The Cruel Stars] has everything going for it: interesting
characters, immersive world building, a believable backstory,
high-stakes conflict, visceral action, and credible villains. . . .
This is what military space opera should be.”—Booklist
“For readers who loved the frenetic pacing of the first few
episodes of Battlestar Galactica or the gritty realism of A Song of
Ice and Fire, The Cruel Stars needs to make its way to
the top of summer reading lists.”—BookPage
“This is the best book John Birmingham has ever written!
Think Firefly meets Game of Thrones and then
some.”—A Couple of Pages
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