The Quantum Magician by Derek Knsken
Belisarius is a Homo quantus, engineered with impossible insight. But his gift is also a cursean uncontrollable, even suicidal drive to know, to understand. Genetically flawed, he leaves his people to find a different life, and ends up becoming the galaxys greatest con man and thief."The Quantum Magician is the type of book you go back to.. and read again" -- Strange Alliances
* Strange Alliances *"...a caper worthy of Jean-Pierre Melville" -- The B&N SciFi and Fantasy Blog
* The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog *"A boldly ambitious debut" -- SFX Magazine
* SFX Magazine *"...a delightfully engaging heist story." -- Caroline Mersey, Science Fiction Book Club
-- Caroline Mersey * Science Fiction Book Club *
Derek Künsken has built genetically engineered viruses, worked with street children and refugees in Latin America, served as a Canadian diplomat, and, most importantly, taught his son about super-heroes and science. His short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Beneath Ceaseless Skies and multiple times in Asimov’s Science Fiction. His stories have been adapted into audio podcasts, reprinted in various Year’s Best anthologies, and translated into multiple languages. They have also been short-listed for various awards, and won the Asimov’s Readers’ Award in 2013.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781085707 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781085706 |
| Title | The Quantum Magician |
| Author | Derek Künsken |
| Series | The Quantum Evolution |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rebellion Publishing Ltd. |
| Year published | 2018-10-02 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Prizes | Shortlisted for Best Novel, Aurora Awards 2019, Shortlisted for Best First Novel, Locus Awards 2019, Shortlised for Best Translated Work, Chinese Nebula Award (Xing Yun Award) 2019, Longlisted for Best Novel, British Science Fiction Association Award 2019, Longlisted for Best Adult Fiction, Sunburst Awards 2019 |
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