This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Peter F. Hamilton and Gareth Powell, co-authors of Light Chaser.

About Light Chaser: Amahle is a Light Chaser – one of a number of explorers, who travel the universe alone (except for their onboard AI), trading trinkets for life stories.

But when she listens to the stories sent down through the ages she hears the same voice talking directly to her from different times and on different worlds. She comes to understand that something terrible is happening, and only she is in a position to do anything about it.

And it will cost everything to put it right.

About Peter F. Hamilton: Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960 and still lives nearby. He began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. He has written many bestselling novels, including the Greg Mandel series, the Night’s Dawn trilogy, the Commonwealth Saga, the Void trilogy, short-story collections and several standalone novels including Fallen Dragon and Great North Road.

About Gareth Powell: Gareth L. Powell writes science fiction about extraordinary characters wrestling with the question of what it means to be human. He has won and been shortlisted for several major awards, and his Embers of War novels are currently being adapted for television.

He is also a magazine columnist, digital artist, and script writer for screen and comics.

This week’s picks:

* Peter: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

* Gareth: Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson

* Tracy: Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher by Lewis Thomas

* Patrick: Almond Shaved Cinnamon French Toast

Links:

* Peter F. Hamilton on Facebook

* Gareth Powell on Twitter

* Tracy Townsend on Twitter

* Patrick Hester on Twitter

* The Functional Nerds Patreon Page

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