With gritty action and realistic science, Peter Watts brings to life a dark and vivid world.

Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones.

Prison for the crime of puberty -- that was how secondary school had seemed.

With gritty action and realistic science, Peter Watts brings to life a dark and vivid world.

But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.

Gaia spins on, silently contemplating what it means to be born into a sarcastic universe.

In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.