Tom Toner was born in Somerset, England, in 1986. After graduating with a degree in Fine Art from Loughborough University and the FHSH in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, he moved to Australia, teaching life drawing and working in an art gallery near Melbourne. The Weight of the World is the sequel to Toner's debut, The Promise of the Child. He currently lives in London.
Praise for The Weight of the World:
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"This extensive story of the 147th century is filled with
spectacular ideas and adventure across the solar system and beyond.
. . . a tour de force of universe building and characterization . .
. splendid, outrageous and brilliant speculations . . . affording
careful readers a complex tale of a possible far future."?Shelf
Awareness, reviewed by Rob LeFebvre
?I was hooked from the very beginning . . . Tom Toner paints his
characters and worlds beautifully, even when they?re at their
ugliest. This is a clever, ambitious, inventive, wondrous series,
brilliantly executed, that leaves me wanting more and soon. It
might be only February but this is the science fiction novel to
beat this year and it most certainly won?t be easy.??For Winter
Nights
Deeply imagined, deliberately paced, and brain-breakingly opaque
(in the best way) . . . while much remains a mystery, Toner's
confident style–and the forceful impact on the reader when pieces
do fall into place–give the sequel a heft and power that goes
beyond the plot twists."
–B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, "B&N Bookseller's Picks: The
Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of January 2017"
i. �A very complex and multi-layered novel. . . . immense character
development and nonstop action. It is definitely not a book that
you should read lightly, as the author writes his story in a way
that makes you think about and savor every little
detail.��Manhattan Book Review, reviewed by Michael Shulman
Praise for Tom Toner and The Promise of the Child
"To call The Promise of the Child one of the most accomplished
debuts of 2015 so far is to understate its weight–instead, let me
moot that it is among the most significant works of science fiction
released in recent years."
–Tor.com
"One of the most ambitious and epic-scale pieces of worldbuilding
I've read. Reading The Promise of the Child, you feel you're in the
presence of an author at the height of his powers. If this is what
Toner is like when he's just getting started, I think we can expect
great things from him. Utterly absorbing; a tremendous
adventure."
–Karl Schroeder, author of Lockstep and Sun of Suns
"Bold and intense from start to finish, The Promise of the Child is
a master-class in innovative, evocative world-building. The entire
book buzzes with imagination."
–Michael J. Martinez, author of The Daedalus Incident
"An amazing debut–a colorful space opera in the post-human
tradition of Iain M. Banks, combined with the razor-sharp plotting
of Alastair Reynolds. It left me feverish with delight."
–Loren Rhoads, author of The Dangerous Type
"Humming with energy, this is space opera like you've never seen it
before. Absolutely brilliant."
–Adam Roberts, author of Salt and Jack Glass
"A gorgeously-written, wildly imaginative book. It's like no space
opera I've ever read–compelling and addictive."
–Will McIntosh, Hugo-award winning author of Soft Apocalypse and
Defenders
"An amazing debut. Intriguing, disorientating. Like Hannu
Rajaniemi's The Quantum Thief or Moorcock's Dancers At The End OF
Time, it's told with the heightened vibrancy of a fable, and the
melancholic sense of age and decadence so prevalent in Jack Vance's
Emphyrio."
–Gareth Powell, BSFA Award-winning author of Ack-Ack Macaque
"A dizzying mash-up of science fiction and fantasy themes that are
both mystifying and entertaining. . .will appeal to readers who
enjoy the offbeat end of far-future sf. This is the kind of novel
that could develop a cult following."
–Booklist Reviews
"Ambitious. . .The several 147th-century cultures on display are
fascinating. . .The pace picks up as the tale moves toward its end,
but this is the kind of book that will most appeal to cerebral
readers who can appreciate its characters' many verbal
interactions."
–Publisher's Weekly
"This is the purest example of space opera we've seen in some time.
. . .The book is challenging, ambitious, and rewarding, and it's
impossible not to admire Toner's wild imagination and carefully
constructed world. This thing is bonkers, no question. It's also
one helluva debut."
–Barnes & Noble, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
"Marvelous. . .a space opera of surpassing gracefulness, depth,
complexity, and well, all-round weirdness."
–Paul Di Filippo, Locus
"First rate ... a clever and interesting world, with something new
always coming across the horizon, more wonders as yet unreached. I
ate it up with a spoon."
–Paul Weimer, SFSignal
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