Shadow Captain

''A swashbuckling thriller - Pirates of the Caribbean meets Firefly - that nevertheless combines the author''s trademark hard SF with effective, coming-of-age characterisation'' GUARDIAN

''A blindingly clever imagining of our solar system in the far flung future'' SUN

Returning to the universe of Revenger, award-winning author Alastair Reynolds delivers another thrilling tale set among the stars.

Two sisters ran away from home to join the crew of a spaceship. They took on pirates, faced down monsters and survived massacres . . . and now they''re in charge. Captaining a fearsome ship of their own, adventures are theirs for the taking - and there''s hoards to loot and treasures to find in the darkest reaches of space. But the rules are also more relaxed out on the fringes, as they''re about to discover . . .

''A rollicking adventure yarn with action, abduction, fights, properly scary hazards, very grisly torture and even ghosts of a sort'' DAILY TELEGRAPH

''By far the most enjoyable book Reynolds has ever written'' SFX

Praise for Alastair Reynolds:

''An adroit and fast-paced blend of space opera and police procedural, original and exciting'' George R. R. Martin on Aurora Rising

''The span here is mind-boggling, cosmos-spanning concepts, a breath-taking journey'' Good Book Guide on Chasm City

''[A] wonderfully entertaining puzzle wrapped inside an adventure story'' The Guardian on Eversion

''A fabulous and satisfying novel'' SF Crowsnest on Revenger

''An excellent adventure that''s sure to keep readers on their toes'' Publishers Weekly on Revenger

''A fun, character focused bottle mystery that shifts settings like a chameleon walking across a rainbow carpet'' The Quill to Live on Eversion

''Entertaining and thought-provoking'' Locus on Revelation Space

''Pirates in space, full of peril and high-jinks . . . This is a novel that''s elegantly plotted, full of surprises and, as first time round, rip-roaring fun'' SFX on Revenger

''Reynolds is one of the modern masters of science fiction'' Starburst

''This is a story to break hearts and make you turn pages. It''s great stuff; pick it up, you''ll want to know what happens next'' SF&F Reviews on Century Rain

''Much of the fun of these books comes from the construction of a far, far-future space-opera . . . the mapping of Age of Sail tropes onto space travel is just the start . . . Nevertheless, at the centre of this baroque masquerade party resides a sober consideration of what it might mean to go off adventuring, what it might cost'' Locus on Revenger

''Reynolds is a master singer of the Space Opera'' The Times