Futures: Four Novellas

This stunning collection brings together a quartet of novellas by four of the most important voices in modern science fiction.

From nanotech microcosms to infinite space, these brilliantly realised visions of worlds to come transcend the scope of imagination…

“Watching Trees Grow” by Peter F. Hamilton In an era of immortality and radical transition, murder is the ultimate crime-with no statute of limitations. And a relentless detective can pursue his quarry for centuries…

“Reality Dust” by Stephen Baxter
A young man vows to investigate war criminals from Earth’s alien occupation-even after humanity’s past has been erased and reality itself may no longer exist…

“Making History” by Paul McAuley
On a ravaged space colony a historian from the winning side of The Quiet War sets out to chronicle the official story. But will history record the most important battle?

“Tendeleo’s Story” by lan McDonald
An alien technolife called Chaga overruns Africa and infects its people and a preacher’s young daughter is at the centre of its interstellar transformation….