{"product_id":"calypso-9781803365343","title":"Calypso","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Ambitious and immersive...an elegantly told meditation on how we can't leave ourselves behind.\" -Esquire Magazine - The Best Sci-Fi Books of 2024 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA ground-breaking, mind-bending and wildly imaginative epic verse revolution in SF. A saga of colony ships, shattering moons and cataclysmic war in a new Eden. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExperience the Hugo Award and BSFA award-nominated, truly unforgettable lyrical eco-fiction masterpiece, for fans of Kim Stanley Robinson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and Jeff VanderMeer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRochelle wakes from cryostasis to take up her role as engineer on the colony ark, Calypso. But she finds the ship has transformed into a forest, populated by the original crew's descendants, who revere her like a saint. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe travels the ship with the Calypso's creator, the enigmatic Sigmund, and Catherine, a bioengineered marvel who can commune with the plants, uncovering a new history of humanity forged while she slept. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe discovers a legacy of war between botanists and engineers. A war fought for the right to build a new Earth - a technological paradise, or a new Eden in bloom, untouched by mankind's past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd Rochelle, the last to wake, holds the balance of power in her hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOliver K. Langmead writes speculative fiction. His new verse-novel, \u003ci\u003eCalypso\u003c\/i\u003e, is published by Titan Books in 2024. His novel, \u003ci\u003eGlitterati\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for a British Fantasy Award, and named one of New Scientist's best Science Fiction books of 2022. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eBirds of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMetronome\u003c\/i\u003e, and the verse-novel\u003ci\u003e Dark Star\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named one of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e's best books of 2015. He is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Lancaster, and in late 2018 he was the writer in residence at the European Space Agency's Astronaut Centre in Cologne.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Titan Books (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51649031078162,"sku":"9781803365343","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b90332c-21cd-44f6-ae04-8e623b3b7da0.jpg?v=1759843458","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/calypso-9781803365343","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}