50 Books like Lockstep

A Hole in the Sky

by Peter F. Hamilton • 2021

On a dying starship, siblings flee ritual death into forbidden wilds hiding alien foes.

3.79

1k+

🚀 Generation Ship 👑 Hidden Heir ⚙️ Forbidden Technology

A Hole in the Sky 94%

On a dying starship, siblings flee ritual death into forbidden wilds hiding alien foes.

by Peter F. Hamilton 2021

3.79

1k+ ratings

🚀 Generation Ship 👑 Hidden Heir ⚙️ Forbidden Technology

Consider Phlebas

by Iain M. Banks • 1987

To save a crumbling empire, a shapeshifter must steal a runaway supermind from a dead world.

3.85

102k+

🦎 Shapeshifter Protagonist 🚀 Mercenary Crew 🛐 Alien Religion

Consider Phlebas 93%

To save a crumbling empire, a shapeshifter must steal a runaway supermind from a dead world.

by Iain M. Banks 1987

3.85

102k+ ratings

🦎 Shapeshifter Protagonist 🚀 Mercenary Crew 🛐 Alien Religion

Seveneves

by Neal Stephenson • 2015

The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.

4.00

126k+

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🛰️ Survival In Space

Seveneves 92%

The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.

by Neal Stephenson 2015

4.00

126k+ ratings

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🛰️ Survival In Space

Red Rising

by Pierce Brown • 2014

Reshaped as a Gold, a slave miner infiltrates the empire's war academy to destroy from inside.

4.27

823k+

🧬 Genetic Caste System 🏛️ Space Roman Empire ⚔️ Deadly Training Academy

Red Rising 92%

Reshaped as a Gold, a slave miner infiltrates the empire's war academy to destroy from inside.

by Pierce Brown 2014

4.27

823k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Caste System 🏛️ Space Roman Empire ⚔️ Deadly Training Academy

Dune

by Frank Herbert • 1965

A young noble's inheritance is a desert planet that his enemies have rigged to destroy him.

4.29

1.6M+

🏰 Feudal Space Opera 🌿 Ecological Sci-Fi 🏜️ Desert Planet

Dune 92%

A young noble's inheritance is a desert planet that his enemies have rigged to destroy him.

by Frank Herbert 1965

4.29

1.6M+ ratings

🏰 Feudal Space Opera 🌿 Ecological Sci-Fi 🏜️ Desert Planet

Into the Void

by Tim Lebbon • 2013

A Je'daii Ranger must hunt her brother before his cult's ancient device destroys their planet.

3.65

15k+

🚀 Space Opera 👭 Sibling Rivalry 👽 Ancient Alien Tech

Into the Void 92%

A Je'daii Ranger must hunt her brother before his cult's ancient device destroys their planet.

by Tim Lebbon 2013

3.65

15k+ ratings

🚀 Space Opera 👭 Sibling Rivalry 👽 Ancient Alien Tech

Shards of a Shattered Mirror Book I

by Darryl Anka • 2017

She glimpses every future in shattered light, but an alien empire has already chosen one.

4.53

150

🪐 Science Fantasy ⭐ Chosen One 🔮 Parallel Realities

Shards of a Shattered Mirror Book I Summary

Shards of a Shattered Mirror Book I 92%

She glimpses every future in shattered light, but an alien empire has already chosen one.

by Darryl Anka 2017

4.53

150 ratings

🪐 Science Fantasy ⭐ Chosen One 🔮 Parallel Realities

Aurora Rising

by Amie Kaufman • 2019

A cadet trades his dream squad for a lost girl who becomes the galaxy's last weapon.

4.09

75k+

🚀 Ensemble Space Crew 🫂 Found Family ✨ Chosen One Destiny

Aurora Rising 92%

A cadet trades his dream squad for a lost girl who becomes the galaxy's last weapon.

by Amie Kaufman 2019

4.09

75k+ ratings

🚀 Ensemble Space Crew 🫂 Found Family ✨ Chosen One Destiny

The Stars, Like Dust

by Isaac Asimov • 1951

A student and a heiress seek a rebellion and a hidden document to topple a star empire.

3.74

27k+

🪐 Space Politics 🚀 Galactic Rebellion 📜 Hidden Document

The Stars, Like Dust 92%

A student and a heiress seek a rebellion and a hidden document to topple a star empire.

by Isaac Asimov 1951

3.74

27k+ ratings

🪐 Space Politics 🚀 Galactic Rebellion 📜 Hidden Document

Exodus

by Peter F. Hamilton • 2024

A young noble barters his inheritance for a refugee starship as civil war fractures the empire.

4.25

6k+

🏛️ Galactic Empire 🌌 Post-Human Future 🕸️ Political Conspiracy

Exodus 92%

A young noble barters his inheritance for a refugee starship as civil war fractures the empire.

by Peter F. Hamilton 2024

4.25

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Galactic Empire 🌌 Post-Human Future 🕸️ Political Conspiracy

Empire of Silence

by Christopher Ruocchio • 2018

Disowned and hunted, a nobleman fights in the gladiator pits of a backwater planet.

3.95

55k+

🏛️ Galactic Empire 👑 Fallen Noble 🤝 Found Family

Empire of Silence 92%

Disowned and hunted, a nobleman fights in the gladiator pits of a backwater planet.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2018

3.95

55k+ ratings

🏛️ Galactic Empire 👑 Fallen Noble 🤝 Found Family

Bitter Angels

by C.L. Anderson • 2009

Her mentor's murder drags a retired Guardian back to a system where immortals harvest human minds.

3.30

279

🌑 Space Opera Noir 🤖 AI Companions 🌀 Unreliable Reality

Bitter Angels 92%

Her mentor's murder drags a retired Guardian back to a system where immortals harvest human minds.

by C.L. Anderson 2009

3.30

279 ratings

🌑 Space Opera Noir 🤖 AI Companions 🌀 Unreliable Reality

Wool Omnibus

by Hugh Howey • 2012

A buried silo's new sheriff finds the outside is a lie, a secret guarded by murder.

4.23

280k+

🏗️ Underground Society 🔍 Dystopian Mystery 🕳️ Claustrophobic

Wool Omnibus 92%

A buried silo's new sheriff finds the outside is a lie, a secret guarded by murder.

by Hugh Howey 2012

4.23

280k+ ratings

🏗️ Underground Society 🔍 Dystopian Mystery 🕳️ Claustrophobic

Hyperion

by Dan Simmons • 1989

Seven pilgrims journey to a closed world, each carrying a wish only its monster can grant.

4.28

305k+

📚 Literary Science Fiction 👁️ Space Horror ⏳ Time Manipulation

Hyperion 91%

Seven pilgrims journey to a closed world, each carrying a wish only its monster can grant.

by Dan Simmons 1989

4.28

305k+ ratings

📚 Literary Science Fiction 👁️ Space Horror ⏳ Time Manipulation

An Enemy of the State

by F. Paul Wilson • 1980

To break an empire's grip, he targets its currency and teaches millions to stop obeying.

3.89

442

🗽 Libertarian Sci-Fi 📉 Economic Revolution 🌌 Interstellar Empire

An Enemy of the State 91%

To break an empire's grip, he targets its currency and teaches millions to stop obeying.

by F. Paul Wilson 1980

3.89

442 ratings

🗽 Libertarian Sci-Fi 📉 Economic Revolution 🌌 Interstellar Empire

House Atreides

by Brian Herbert • 1999

A young duke, a deposed prince, a desert scientist: the Imperium is closing in.

3.84

30k+

🚀 Political Space Opera 👑 Noble Houses Intrigue 🏜️ Desert Planet

House Atreides 91%

A young duke, a deposed prince, a desert scientist: the Imperium is closing in.

by Brian Herbert 1999

3.84

30k+ ratings

🚀 Political Space Opera 👑 Noble Houses Intrigue 🏜️ Desert Planet

Slow Gods

by Claire North • 2025

A debtor survives a procedure that should kill him. An ancient machine warns the galaxy will burn.

4.00

5k+

🚀 Philosophical Space Opera 👤 Immortal Outsider 🌌 Elegiac

Slow Gods 91%

A debtor survives a procedure that should kill him. An ancient machine warns the galaxy will burn.

by Claire North 2025

4.00

5k+ ratings

🚀 Philosophical Space Opera 👤 Immortal Outsider 🌌 Elegiac

Child of Another Kind

by Steven Decker • 2023

A mother dies for her telepathic daughter and meets the aliens who created the girl.

4.28

6k+

🔮 Mind Reading 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🌌 Speculative Afterlife

Child of Another Kind 91%

A mother dies for her telepathic daughter and meets the aliens who created the girl.

by Steven Decker 2023

4.28

6k+ ratings

🔮 Mind Reading 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🌌 Speculative Afterlife

Foundation

by Isaac Asimov • 1951

Predicting the Empire's fall, a mathematician exiles a colony to shorten the dark age.

4.17

602k+

📜 Future History 🌌 Galactic Empire 🏚️ Declining Empire

Foundation 91%

Predicting the Empire's fall, a mathematician exiles a colony to shorten the dark age.

by Isaac Asimov 1951

4.17

602k+ ratings

📜 Future History 🌌 Galactic Empire 🏚️ Declining Empire

The Girl Who Dared to Think

by Bella Forrest • 2017

A Squire marked for deletion swallows a forbidden pill, joining a fugitive to trick the Tower's AI.

4.23

9k+

🏷️ Ranking Dystopia ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 👪 Found Family

The Girl Who Dared to Think 91%

A Squire marked for deletion swallows a forbidden pill, joining a fugitive to trick the Tower's AI.

by Bella Forrest 2017

4.23

9k+ ratings

🏷️ Ranking Dystopia ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 👪 Found Family

Leviathan Wakes

by James S.A. Corey • 2011

A detective and a captain race to stop a corporation's alien virus from consuming humanity.

4.31

325k+

🚀 Space Opera 🕵️ Noir Detective 🦠 Alien Virus

Leviathan Wakes 91%

A detective and a captain race to stop a corporation's alien virus from consuming humanity.

by James S.A. Corey 2011

4.31

325k+ ratings

🚀 Space Opera 🕵️ Noir Detective 🦠 Alien Virus

Sanctuary

by Caryn Lix • 2018

A space prison guard discovers her hidden chip as a breakout unleashes an alien creature onboard.

3.89

2k+

🚀 Space Prison ⚡ Teens With Powers 🫂 Found Family

Sanctuary 91%

A space prison guard discovers her hidden chip as a breakout unleashes an alien creature onboard.

by Caryn Lix 2018

3.89

2k+ ratings

🚀 Space Prison ⚡ Teens With Powers 🫂 Found Family

The Last Watch

by J.S. Dewes • 2021

Exiled to guard the universe's edge, a prince and a commander discover the boundary is collapsing.

3.97

12k+

🚀 Military Space Opera 🫂 Found Family 👑 Disgraced Royalty

The Last Watch 91%

Exiled to guard the universe's edge, a prince and a commander discover the boundary is collapsing.

by J.S. Dewes 2021

3.97

12k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera 🫂 Found Family 👑 Disgraced Royalty

The 100

by Kass Morgan • 2013

One hundred teenage prisoners crash-land on a ravaged Earth and find they are not alone.

3.58

87k+

🔒 Juvenile Delinquents 🌲 Crash-Land Survival 💕 Survival Romance

The 100 91%

One hundred teenage prisoners crash-land on a ravaged Earth and find they are not alone.

by Kass Morgan 2013

3.58

87k+ ratings

🔒 Juvenile Delinquents 🌲 Crash-Land Survival 💕 Survival Romance

Master and Apprentice

by Claudia Gray • 2019

A Jedi Master and apprentice must crown a princess, but a vision of bloodshed foretells disaster.

4.16

23k+

🧑‍🏫 Mentor Mentee 🔮 Prophetic Dreams 🕵️ Honorable Thieves

Master and Apprentice 91%

A Jedi Master and apprentice must crown a princess, but a vision of bloodshed foretells disaster.

by Claudia Gray 2019

4.16

23k+ ratings

🧑‍🏫 Mentor Mentee 🔮 Prophetic Dreams 🕵️ Honorable Thieves

The Ferryman

by Justin Cronin • 2023

A ferryman of rebirth discovers paradise is a simulation. His dying father left the exit code.

3.92

42k+

🖥️ Simulated Reality 🏙️ Utopian Dystopia ⚔️ Rebellion Against System

The Ferryman 91%

A ferryman of rebirth discovers paradise is a simulation. His dying father left the exit code.

by Justin Cronin 2023

3.92

42k+ ratings

🖥️ Simulated Reality 🏙️ Utopian Dystopia ⚔️ Rebellion Against System

The Knife of Never Letting Go

by Patrick Ness • 2008

On a world of broadcast thoughts, a boy meets a quiet girl and a violent pursuit ignites.

3.97

205k+

🚀 Planet Colonization 🔍 Lost Colony Secrets 🏃 Relentless Pursuer

The Knife of Never Letting Go 91%

On a world of broadcast thoughts, a boy meets a quiet girl and a violent pursuit ignites.

by Patrick Ness 2008

3.97

205k+ ratings

🚀 Planet Colonization 🔍 Lost Colony Secrets 🏃 Relentless Pursuer

Queen's Peril

by E.K. Johnston • 2020

A fourteen-year-old queen. Five handmaidens trained as doubles. One planet on the brink of invasion.

3.94

10k+

🪞 Body Double 👥 Found Family 🏛️ Political Intrigue

Queen's Peril 91%

A fourteen-year-old queen. Five handmaidens trained as doubles. One planet on the brink of invasion.

by E.K. Johnston 2020

3.94

10k+ ratings

🪞 Body Double 👥 Found Family 🏛️ Political Intrigue

The Gender Game

by Bella Forrest • 2016

A female convict infiltrates a male-ruled nation on a heist mission, her cover a fake marriage.

3.87

43k+

🔀 Gendered Dystopia 💰 Heist Mission ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

The Gender Game 91%

A female convict infiltrates a male-ruled nation on a heist mission, her cover a fake marriage.

by Bella Forrest 2016

3.87

43k+ ratings

🔀 Gendered Dystopia 💰 Heist Mission ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

The Accidental Time Machine

by Joe Haldeman • 2007

A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.

3.73

11k+

⏩ One-Way Time Travel ⛪ Theocratic Dystopia 🌅 Post-Scarcity Society

The Accidental Time Machine 91%

A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.

by Joe Haldeman 2007

3.73

11k+ ratings

⏩ One-Way Time Travel ⛪ Theocratic Dystopia 🌅 Post-Scarcity Society

Memento

by Amie Kaufman • 2020

A grieving neurogrammer teaches a warship's AI about morality; it learns the trolley problem.

4.29

8k+

🚀 Space Opera 🧠 AI Consciousness 🚋 Trolley Problem

Memento 91%

A grieving neurogrammer teaches a warship's AI about morality; it learns the trolley problem.

by Amie Kaufman 2020

4.29

8k+ ratings

🚀 Space Opera 🧠 AI Consciousness 🚋 Trolley Problem

A Girl from Nowhere

by James Maxwell • 2020

A lame orphan crosses a deadly wasteland chasing the legend of a white-walled city.

4.06

11k+

🏜️ Desert Wasteland ⚔️ Arena Combat 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

A Girl from Nowhere 91%

A lame orphan crosses a deadly wasteland chasing the legend of a white-walled city.

by James Maxwell 2020

4.06

11k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Wasteland ⚔️ Arena Combat 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Legacy of the Force

by Aaron Allston • 2006

A Jedi hero hunts his family. The Sith training him says the true price hasn't arrived.

3.89

9k+

🖤 Fallen Hero Arc 🌌 Political Space Opera 🐍 Mentor As Corrupter

Legacy of the Force 91%

A Jedi hero hunts his family. The Sith training him says the true price hasn't arrived.

by Aaron Allston 2006

3.89

9k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen Hero Arc 🌌 Political Space Opera 🐍 Mentor As Corrupter

Cinder

by Marissa Meyer • 2012

A cyborg mechanic loves a prince, but she's the lost heir the Lunar queen wants dead.

4.12

1.0M+

🔄 Fairy Tale Retelling 🤖 Cyborg Protagonist 👑 Hidden Royalty

Cinder 91%

A cyborg mechanic loves a prince, but she's the lost heir the Lunar queen wants dead.

by Marissa Meyer 2012

4.12

1.0M+ ratings

🔄 Fairy Tale Retelling 🤖 Cyborg Protagonist 👑 Hidden Royalty

Senlin Ascends

by Josiah Bancroft • 2013

When his wife vanishes at the Tower of Babel, a schoolmaster must brave its perilous ringdoms.

4.11

34k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

Senlin Ascends 91%

When his wife vanishes at the Tower of Babel, a schoolmaster must brave its perilous ringdoms.

by Josiah Bancroft 2013

4.11

34k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

Accelerando

by Charles Stross • 2005

He gives away ideas that trigger the singularity, while an AI cat engineers his family's fate.

3.87

22k+

🤖 Singularity 🧠 Mind Uploading 🎭 Manipulative Ai

Accelerando 91%

He gives away ideas that trigger the singularity, while an AI cat engineers his family's fate.

by Charles Stross 2005

3.87

22k+ ratings

🤖 Singularity 🧠 Mind Uploading 🎭 Manipulative Ai

The Captain

by Will Wight • 2023

A mage absorbs six dead selves, inheriting their power, their trauma, and a galaxy-spanning war.

4.27

10k+

🚀 Science Fantasy ⚔️ Progression Fantasy ❤️ Found Family

The Captain 91%

A mage absorbs six dead selves, inheriting their power, their trauma, and a galaxy-spanning war.

by Will Wight 2023

4.27

10k+ ratings

🚀 Science Fantasy ⚔️ Progression Fantasy ❤️ Found Family

The Arbitrator

by Max Nowaz • 2016

To earn his next dose, a dying arbitrator must hold a rebel world together while his mind crumbles.

4.24

19k+

🪐 Space Colonialism 💉 Addict Protagonist 💘 Enemies To Lovers

The Arbitrator 91%

To earn his next dose, a dying arbitrator must hold a rebel world together while his mind crumbles.

by Max Nowaz 2016

4.24

19k+ ratings

🪐 Space Colonialism 💉 Addict Protagonist 💘 Enemies To Lovers

Light of the Jedi

by Charles Soule • 2021

A freighter explodes in hyperspace, raining debris on a system. Jedi unite to stop the cataclysm.

3.92

34k+

💥 Space Disaster ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 🌟 Hopeful Sci-Fi

Light of the Jedi 91%

A freighter explodes in hyperspace, raining debris on a system. Jedi unite to stop the cataclysm.

by Charles Soule 2021

3.92

34k+ ratings

💥 Space Disaster ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 🌟 Hopeful Sci-Fi

The Shadow of the Torturer

by Gene Wolfe • 1980

An apprentice torturer's act of mercy exiles him into a dying world haunted by miracles.

3.84

36k+

🌑 Dying Earth ⚗️ Science Fantasy 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Shadow of the Torturer 91%

An apprentice torturer's act of mercy exiles him into a dying world haunted by miracles.

by Gene Wolfe 1980

3.84

36k+ ratings

🌑 Dying Earth ⚗️ Science Fantasy 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Last Cuentista

by Donna Barba Higuera • 2021

A storyteller wakes on a colony ship to find the rulers erased every memory but hers.

4.04

29k+

🚀 Generational Starship 🧠 Memory Erasure 📖 Story As Resistance

The Last Cuentista 91%

A storyteller wakes on a colony ship to find the rulers erased every memory but hers.

by Donna Barba Higuera 2021

4.04

29k+ ratings

🚀 Generational Starship 🧠 Memory Erasure 📖 Story As Resistance

Shards of Earth

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2021

A ship sculpted by aliens forces a traumatized navigator back into the nightmare void.

4.18

35k+

🧠 Psychic Navigators 🖤 Found Family 🚀 Salvage Crew

Shards of Earth 91%

A ship sculpted by aliens forces a traumatized navigator back into the nightmare void.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2021

4.18

35k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Navigators 🖤 Found Family 🚀 Salvage Crew

The Foundation Trilogy

by Isaac Asimov • 1953

The galactic empire is dying. One mathematician plants two foundations to shorten the dark age.

4.42

109k+

🪐 Galactic Empire 🎭 Hidden Puppet Masters 🏛️ Political Intrigue

The Foundation Trilogy 91%

The galactic empire is dying. One mathematician plants two foundations to shorten the dark age.

by Isaac Asimov 1953

4.42

109k+ ratings

🪐 Galactic Empire 🎭 Hidden Puppet Masters 🏛️ Political Intrigue

The Space Between Worlds

by Micaiah Johnson • 2020

The multiverse opens only to those already dead there. Cara qualifies on nearly every world.

3.93

46k+

🌀 Multiverse Sci-Fi 🎭 Stolen Identity 💋 Sapphic Romance

The Space Between Worlds 91%

The multiverse opens only to those already dead there. Cara qualifies on nearly every world.

by Micaiah Johnson 2020

3.93

46k+ ratings

🌀 Multiverse Sci-Fi 🎭 Stolen Identity 💋 Sapphic Romance

Scythe

by Neal Shusterman • 2016

In a deathless world, two teens become scythes, until the order demands one kill the other.

4.32

422k+

💀 Post-Mortal World 🗡️ Apprentice Assassin ❤️ Rivals-To-Lovers

Scythe 90%

In a deathless world, two teens become scythes, until the order demands one kill the other.

by Neal Shusterman 2016

4.32

422k+ ratings

💀 Post-Mortal World 🗡️ Apprentice Assassin ❤️ Rivals-To-Lovers

LIFEL1K3

by Jay Kristoff • 2018

A scavenger fights robots for medicine. When an android awakens, her hidden past comes hunting.

3.94

13k+

🤖 Sentient Androids 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Implanted Memories

LIFEL1K3 90%

A scavenger fights robots for medicine. When an android awakens, her hidden past comes hunting.

by Jay Kristoff 2018

3.94

13k+ ratings

🤖 Sentient Androids 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Implanted Memories

Ahsoka

by E.K. Johnston • 2016

After the Jedi fall, Ahsoka Tano hides on a farming moon. But the Empire always finds what it hunts.

4.07

46k+

🖤 Post Order 66 🕯️ Hidden Jedi 👥 Found Family

Ahsoka 90%

After the Jedi fall, Ahsoka Tano hides on a farming moon. But the Empire always finds what it hunts.

by E.K. Johnston 2016

4.07

46k+ ratings

🖤 Post Order 66 🕯️ Hidden Jedi 👥 Found Family

Children of Time

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2015

Earth's last ark reaches a green world where spiders have cities and the monkeys never arrived.

4.30

180k+

🧬 Accelerated Evolution 🖖 First Contact 🕷️ Uplifted Species

Children of Time 90%

Earth's last ark reaches a green world where spiders have cities and the monkeys never arrived.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2015

4.30

180k+ ratings

🧬 Accelerated Evolution 🖖 First Contact 🕷️ Uplifted Species

Star Wars

by Timothy Zahn • 1991

An Imperial tactician uses art and Force-blocking creatures to outmaneuver a fragile New Republic.

4.18

104k+

🚀 Military Space Opera ♟️ Psychological Warfare 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Star Wars 90%

An Imperial tactician uses art and Force-blocking creatures to outmaneuver a fragile New Republic.

by Timothy Zahn 1991

4.18

104k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera ♟️ Psychological Warfare 🤝 Enemies To Allies

A Fire Upon the Deep

by Vernor Vinge • 1992

A galaxy-devouring intelligence awakens. Stranded on an alien world, two siblings are the only hope.

4.13

67k+

🤝 First Contact 🧠 Alien Consciousness 👁️ Ancient Superintelligence

A Fire Upon the Deep 90%

A galaxy-devouring intelligence awakens. Stranded on an alien world, two siblings are the only hope.

by Vernor Vinge 1992

4.13

67k+ ratings

🤝 First Contact 🧠 Alien Consciousness 👁️ Ancient Superintelligence

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