Empress of the Sun
World-hopping, high-action adventure starring a smart boy with computer skills and a tough girl who pilots a blimp
The airship Everness makes a Heisenberg Jump to an alternate Earth unlike any her crew has
ever seen. Everett, Sen, and the crew find themselves above a plain that goes on forever in every direction without any horizon. There they find an Alderson Disc, an astronomical megastructure of incredibly strong
material reaching from the orbit of Mercury to the orbit of Jupiter.
Then they meet the Jiju, the dominant species on a plane where the
dinosaurs didn't die out. They evolved, diversified, and have a
twenty-five million year technology head-start on humanity. War between
their kingdoms is inevitable, total and terrible.
Everness has jumped right into the midst of a faction fight between rival
nations, the Fabreen and Dityu empires. The airship is attacked, but
then defended by the forces of the Fabreen, who offers the Everness crew protection. But what is the true motive behind Empress Aswiu's aid? What is her price?
The crew of the Everness is divided in a very alien world, a world fast approaching the point of apocalypse.
Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald (born 1960) is a British science fiction novelist, living in Belfast. His themes include nanotechnology, postcyberpunk settings, and the impact of rapid social and technological change on non-Western societies.
Everness
Everett and the crew of the Everness leap across a succession of parallel earths, searching for Everett's missing father while outrunning and outwitting the shadowy organization out to rule the multiverse.
Everness consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.