by Greg Bear
Book 16 in Nebula Awards series (2016)
Publisher: Open Road Media
Greg Bear’s short fiction Beyond the Farthest Suns takes readers to the far end of the universe and the borders of scientific understanding. The volume includes:
– “The Way of All Ghosts,” set in the bestselling universe of Eon and Eternity;
– “The Venging,” which takes a group of desperate fugitives fleeing alien dominance down into the awesome gateway of a black hole;
– “The Fall of the House of Escher,” in which a world-famous illusionist is brought back from the dead for a terrifying command performance;
– “Hardfought,” the critically acclaimed Nebula Award-winning story showcasing a far future in which a legendary female pilot and her alien captor are forced into a tapestry of echoing lives where they struggle to communicate and find the deepest secrets of their history.