Gradient

"A heroic cosmic odyssey... textured with the stuff of legend, stirring and ultimately melancholy" — Kirkus Reviews Would you leave behind everything you know to start a new world? Would you destroy that world to save everything you believe in?Born on the moon of Verygone, on the distant edge of the galaxy, Oren Siris is a loner and a dreamer, yearning for a life beyond his humble home. When an interstellar ship arrives, it will take him on a journey across the stars to the shores of an undiscovered planet. Oren and his team strive to build peace with the indigenous peoples of this beautiful new world, but some unseen force works against their every effort, driving them to the very brink of war.Gradient is an epic space folktale set against the backdrop of a galaxy with advanced human beings who have populated thousands of planets. If you like authors like Ursula K. le Guin and Frank Herbert and films like Star Trek and the Matrix, and if you like compelling characters, rich storytelling, and big ideas about the nature of human existence, then you’ll love this epic debut novel from Anders Cahill."Quite frankly, one of the best debuts I've ever read." - Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, bestselling author of Numbercaste