Coming October 2026
Caley has returned home to Penin, leaving her brilliant Empire career behind. Technology has died and the Empire is falling. Her homeland stands alone, a coveted warm water port in icy northern seas. Everyone wants to own Penin and to control northern trade. Penin just wants to survive the collapse of the Empire. Caley has the knowledge and experience to save her homeland … but will anyone let her?
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Gillian Polack is an award-winning Australian speculative fiction writer. Her awards include the 2020 Ditmar award and the A. Bertram Chandler (lifetime achievement in science fiction). She is also an ethnohistorian with a special interest in how story transmits culture, which is very useful for her fiction. Her novels include The Year of the Fruit Cake and The Green Children Help Out and her most recent scholarly book is Story Matrices: Cultural Encoding and Cultural Baggage in the Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
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