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Inventing the Renaissance

The Myth of a Golden Age

by Ada Palmer ...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARDA New Yorker Best Book of 2025An irreverent new take on the Renaissance, which reveals it as anything but Europe’s golden age.From the darkness of a plagued and war-torn Middle Ages, the Renaissance (we’re told) heralds the dawning of a new world—a halcyon age of art, prosperity, and rebirth. Hogwash! or so says award-winning novelist and historian A... ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARDA New Yorker Best Book of 2025An irreverent new take on the Renaissance, which reveals it as anything but Europe’s golden age.From the darkness of a plagued and war-torn Middle Ages, the Renaissance (we’re told) heralds the dawning of a new world—a halcyon age of art, prosperity, and rebirth. Hogwash! or so says award-winning novelist and historian A...
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And Loki in His Prison

by Ada Palmer ...

Series Book 1 - Hanged God's Game
From the award winning author of the Terra Ignota series comes And Loki in His Prison, an epic reimagining of the story of Loki, perfect for readers of Nicola Griffith and The Witch's Heart.In Greenland, a settlement on the edge of starvation despairs of Christ and makes sacrifice to the old gods.In London, a playwright calls upon to the muse of fire.In his prison, Loki waits, watching the door.< ... Read more

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From the award winning author of the Terra Ignota series comes And Loki in His Prison, an epic reimagining of the story of Loki, perfect for readers of Nicola Griffith and The Witch's Heart.In Greenland, a settlement on the edge of starvation despairs of Christ and makes sacrifice to the old gods.In London, a playwright calls upon to the muse of fire.In his prison, Loki waits, watching the door.<
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Too Like the Lightning

Book One of Terra Ignota

by Ada Palmer ...

Series Book 1 - Terra Ignota
From the winner of the 2017 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Ada Palmer's 2017 Compton Crook Award-winning political science fiction, Too Like the Lightning, ventures into a human future of extraordinary originalityMycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle ... Read more

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From the winner of the 2017 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Ada Palmer's 2017 Compton Crook Award-winning political science fiction, Too Like the Lightning, ventures into a human future of extraordinary originalityMycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle
... Read more
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Inventing the Renaissance

The Myth of a Golden Age

by Ada Palmer ...

Narrated by Candida Gubbins ...

Unabridged

30 hours 18 min

An irreverent new take on the Renaissance, which reveals it as anything but Europe’s golden age.From the darkness of a plagued and war-torn Middle Ages, the Renaissance (we’re told) heralds the dawning of a new world—a halcyon age of art, prosperity, and rebirth. Hogwash! or so says award-winning novelist and historian Ada Palmer. In Inventing the Renaissance, Palmer turns her witty and irreverent ... Read more

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An irreverent new take on the Renaissance, which reveals it as anything but Europe’s golden age.From the darkness of a plagued and war-torn Middle Ages, the Renaissance (we’re told) heralds the dawning of a new world—a halcyon age of art, prosperity, and rebirth. Hogwash! or so says award-winning novelist and historian Ada Palmer. In Inventing the Renaissance, Palmer turns her witty and irreverent
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Perhaps the Stars (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Terra Ignota 4

by Ada Palmer ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Chris Stinson, Elena Anderson, David Cui Cui, Jenna Sharpe, Robb Moreira, Lydia Kraniotis, Lise Bruneau, Keval Shah, NJ Agwuna, Dawn Ursula, Kay Elúvian ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Terra Ignota
Unabridged

10 hours 45 min

From the 2017 John W. Campbell Award Winner for Best Writer, Ada Palmer's Perhaps the Stars is the final book of the Hugo Award-shortlisted Terra Ignota series.World Peace turns into global civil war.In the future, the leaders of Hive nations–nations without fixed location–clandestinely committed nefarious deeds in order to maintain an outward semblance of utopian stability. But the facade could ... Read more

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From the 2017 John W. Campbell Award Winner for Best Writer, Ada Palmer's Perhaps the Stars is the final book of the Hugo Award-shortlisted Terra Ignota series.World Peace turns into global civil war.In the future, the leaders of Hive nations–nations without fixed location–clandestinely committed nefarious deeds in order to maintain an outward semblance of utopian stability. But the facade could
... Read more
Seven Surrenders

Book 2 of Terra Ignota

by Ada Palmer ...

Series Book 2 - Terra Ignota
*2018 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL CATEGORY*From 2017 John W. Campbell Award winner, Ada Palmer, the second book of Terra Ignota, a political SF epic of extraordinary audacity“A cornucopia of dazzling, sharp ideas set in rich, wry prose that rewards rumination with layers of delight. Provocative, erudite, inventive, resplendent.” —Ken Liu, author of The Grace of Kings</str.. ... Read more

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*2018 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL CATEGORY*From 2017 John W. Campbell Award winner, Ada Palmer, the second book of Terra Ignota, a political SF epic of extraordinary audacity“A cornucopia of dazzling, sharp ideas set in rich, wry prose that rewards rumination with layers of delight. Provocative, erudite, inventive, resplendent.” —Ken Liu, author of The Grace of Kings</str..
... Read more
The Will to Battle

Book 3 of Terra Ignota

by Ada Palmer ...

Series Book 3 - Terra Ignota
The Will to Battle—the third book of 2017 John W. Campbell Award winner Ada Palmer's Terra Ignota series—a political science fiction epic of extraordinary audacity“A cornucopia of dazzling, sharp ideas set in rich, wry prose that rewards rumination with layers of delight. Provocative, erudite, inventive, resplendent.” —Ken Liu, author of The Grace of Kings... ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Will to Battle—the third book of 2017 John W. Campbell Award winner Ada Palmer's Terra Ignota series—a political science fiction epic of extraordinary audacity“A cornucopia of dazzling, sharp ideas set in rich, wry prose that rewards rumination with layers of delight. Provocative, erudite, inventive, resplendent.” —Ken Liu, author of The Grace of Kings...
... Read more
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The Will To Battle (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Terra Ignota 3

by Ada Palmer ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Chris Stinson, Wyn Delano, Dawn Ursula, Holly Adams, Robb Moreira, James Konicek, Taylor Coan, Torian Brackett, Zeke Alton, Neha Gargava, Chris Davenport ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Terra Ignota
Unabridged

8 hours 4 min

"The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end.Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and insurgency hum within the once steadfast leadership of the Hives, nations without fixed location.The heartbreaking truth is that for decades, even centuries, the leaders of the great Hives bought the world’s stability with a trickle of secret murders, mathematically ... Read more

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"The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end.Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and insurgency hum within the once steadfast leadership of the Hives, nations without fixed location.The heartbreaking truth is that for decades, even centuries, the leaders of the great Hives bought the world’s stability with a trickle of secret murders, mathematically
... Read more
Between the Sheets and After

Five Stories of Complete Female Encounter

by Ada Palmer ...

Between the Sheets and AfterSome nights change everything that comes after.Five stories built around the moment desire stops being theoretical: a first impression that turns into something pinned against a wall, wordless and certain. A weekend golf trip where Sunday dinner was always going to end one way. A guest room door left slightly open, and the woman watching from the hallway who cannot ... Read more

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Between the Sheets and AfterSome nights change everything that comes after.Five stories built around the moment desire stops being theoretical: a first impression that turns into something pinned against a wall, wordless and certain. A weekend golf trip where Sunday dinner was always going to end one way. A guest room door left slightly open, and the woman watching from the hallway who cannot
... Read more
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The Will To Battle (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Terra Ignota 3

by Ada Palmer ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Chris Stinson, Wyn Delano, Lise Bruneau, Robb Moreira, James Konicek, Jenna Sharpe, Zeke Alton, Shanta Parasuraman, Gabriel Michael, Jacob Yeh, Stephon Walker ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Terra Ignota
Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

"The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end.Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and insurgency hum within the once steadfast leadership of the Hives, nations without fixed location.The heartbreaking truth is that for decades, even centuries, the leaders of the great Hives bought the world’s stability with a trickle of secret murders, mathematically ... Read more

$22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end.Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and insurgency hum within the once steadfast leadership of the Hives, nations without fixed location.The heartbreaking truth is that for decades, even centuries, the leaders of the great Hives bought the world’s stability with a trickle of secret murders, mathematically
... Read more
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Seven Surrenders (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Terra Ignota 2

by Ada Palmer ...

Narrated by Chris Stinson, Wyn Delano, Valentina Vinci, Lydia Kraniotis, Nazia Chaudhry, Zeke Alton, Christopher Walker, Taylor Coan, Rose Supan, James Konicek, Kay Elúvian ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Terra Ignota
Unabridged

7 hours 51 min

"The second full cast audiobook of Terra Ignota, a political SF epic of extraordinary audacity!In a future of near-instantaneous global travel, of abundant provision for the needs of all, a future in which no one living can remember an actual war, a long era of stability threatens to come to an abrupt end.For known only to a few, the leaders of the great Hives, nations without fixed location, have ... Read more

$22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"The second full cast audiobook of Terra Ignota, a political SF epic of extraordinary audacity!In a future of near-instantaneous global travel, of abundant provision for the needs of all, a future in which no one living can remember an actual war, a long era of stability threatens to come to an abrupt end.For known only to a few, the leaders of the great Hives, nations without fixed location, have
... Read more
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Too Like The Lightning (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Terra Ignota 1

by Ada Palmer ...

Narrated by Chris Stinson, Wyn Delano, Nazia Chaudhry, Zeke Alton, Alejandro Ruiz, Nora Achrati, Lise Bruneau, Jacob Yeh, Marni Penning, Taylor Coan, Kay Elúvian ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Terra Ignota
Unabridged

9 hours 1 min

"From the winner of the 2017 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Ada Palmer's 2017 Compton Crook Award-winning political science fiction, Too Like the Lightning, ventures into a human future of extraordinary originalityMycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle ... Read more

$26.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"From the winner of the 2017 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Ada Palmer's 2017 Compton Crook Award-winning political science fiction, Too Like the Lightning, ventures into a human future of extraordinary originalityMycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle
... Read more

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Seven Surrenders

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