Be My Enemy

✍ Scribed by MCDONALD, IAN

• Book ID: 107186254
• Publisher: Pyr
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1 MB
• Series: Everness 2
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

ALSO FORTHCOMING AS A KINDLE EDITION

Everett Singh has escaped with the Infundibulum from the clutches of Charlotte Villiers and the Order, but at a terrible price. His father is missing, banished to one of the billions of parallel universes of the Panoply of All Worlds, and Everett and the crew of the airship Everness have taken a wild Heisenberg jump to a random parallel plane. Everett is smart and resourceful, and from the refuge of a desolate frozen Earth far beyond the Plenitude, where he and his friends have gone into hiding, he makes plans to rescue his family. But the villainous Charlotte Villiers is one step ahead of him. The action traverses three different parallel Earths: one is a frozen wasteland; one is just like ours, except that the alien Thryn Sentiency has occupied the Moon since 1964, sharing its technology with humankind; and one is the embargoed home of dead London, where the remnants of humanity battle a terrifying nanotechnology run wild. Across these parallel planes of existence, Everett faces terrible choices of morality and power. But he has the love and support of Sen, Captain Anastasia Sixsmyth, and the rest of the crew of Everness as he learns that the deadliest enemy isn't the Order or the world-devouring nanotech Nahn—it's himself.

Review

"[An] exciting first sequel to outstanding series opener Planesrunner... . Smart, clever, and abundantly original, with suspense that grabs your eyeballs, this is real science fiction for all ages. More! More! "--KIRKUS REVIEWS , Starred Review

Praise for Planesrunner

"Smashing adventure fiction that spans the multiverse without ever losing its cool or its sense of style... . [Planesrunner] is everything you could hope for: romantic, action-packed, wildly imaginative, and full of heart."--CORY DOCTOROW , Author of For the Win

"Lovers of sci-fi, adventure, and steampunk won't be able to put it down! Not to be missed! 5/5."--MY BOOKISH WAYS

"Chock-full of awesome... . Airship-dueling, guns-blazing fantasy... ."--PAOLO BACIGALUPI , Author of Ship Breaker

"I am totally into this book. It's cool, it's fun, and it's exciting. Hanging out with this book makes me feel a little cooler and a little smarter. Plus, I feel like I'm dating the kind of book I always want to date."--FOREVER YOUNG ADULT

"McDonald writes with scientific and literary sophistication, as well as a wicked sense of humor. Add nonstop action, eccentric characters, and expert universe building, and this... . is a winner."--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY , Starred Review

"One of those novels that grabs hold of you from the very beginning and then just never lets go... . It's rare when a book is more or less exactly what you hoped it would be, but Planesrunner is just that. I can't wait for the next book in the Everness series." --TOR.COM

About the Author

Ian McDonald is the author of Planesrunner , the first book of the Everness series. He has written thirteen science fiction novels—including the 2011 John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner for Best Novel, The Dervish House —and has lost count of the number of stories. He's been nominated for every major science fiction award, and he's even won some. McDonald also works in television and in program development—all those reality shows have to come from somewhere—and has written for screen as well as print. He lives in Northern Ireland, just outside Belfast, and loves to travel. Visit him online at facebook.com/Infundibulum and on Twitter@iannmcdonald.