Ancestral Machines: A Humanity's Fire novel
Jan 2016 · Hachette UK
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'Proper galaxy-spanning space opera' Iain M. Banks on Seeds of Earth
The Warcage is a feat of unprecedented stellar engineering: two hundred worlds harnessed to an artificial sun.
Built to travel through space as a monument to peace between alien species, its voracious rulers have turned it into a nightmarish wasteland, capturing new planets for slaves and resources, then discarding the old.
Now, when a verdant agri-world is pulled out of its orbit and a deal goes bad, it is up to the captain of a smuggling ship to journey into the Warcage and rescue his crew.
Science fiction on an epic scale - Ancestral Machines is a stand-alone science fiction adventure set in Michael Cobley's bestselling Humanity's Fire universe. Perfect for fans of Iain M. Banks or James S. A. Corey's Expanse series.
For more epic space opera action from Michael Cobley, check out:
Humanity's Fire Trilogy:
Seeds of Earth
The Orphaned Worlds
The Ascendant Stars
Standalone novels in the Humanity's Fire universe:
Ancestral Machines
Splintered Suns
Also look out for Cobley's epic fantasy trilogy, Shadowkings!
The Warcage is a feat of unprecedented stellar engineering: two hundred worlds harnessed to an artificial sun.
Built to travel through space as a monument to peace between alien species, its voracious rulers have turned it into a nightmarish wasteland, capturing new planets for slaves and resources, then discarding the old.
Now, when a verdant agri-world is pulled out of its orbit and a deal goes bad, it is up to the captain of a smuggling ship to journey into the Warcage and rescue his crew.
Science fiction on an epic scale - Ancestral Machines is a stand-alone science fiction adventure set in Michael Cobley's bestselling Humanity's Fire universe. Perfect for fans of Iain M. Banks or James S. A. Corey's Expanse series.
For more epic space opera action from Michael Cobley, check out:
Humanity's Fire Trilogy:
Seeds of Earth
The Orphaned Worlds
The Ascendant Stars
Standalone novels in the Humanity's Fire universe:
Ancestral Machines
Splintered Suns
Also look out for Cobley's epic fantasy trilogy, Shadowkings!
Ratings and reviews
3.9
11 reviews
Kathy Clark
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March 8, 2016
I found it a bit hard to get into at first but in so glad i stuck with it. Wonderful space opera.
Nicholas Webster (Spyder)
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September 6, 2019
Good fiction with likeable characters
About the author
Michael Cobley was born in the city of Leicester, has lived in Perth (Australia) and Glasgow but now resides in North Ayrshire. His previous works have included the Shadowkings trilogy (a dark and grim fantasy epic), Iron Mosaic (a collection of short stories) but he is best known for his epic space opera series - Humanity's Fire. Splintered Suns is a stand alone adventure set in this universe.
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