Overview
From the Arthur C. Clarke award winner, Adrian Tchaikovsky, comes the third instalment of the DOGS OF WAR science fiction series, a future where genetically engineered “Bioforms” have inherited not the Earth, but the Solar System. The end of the world has been and gone. There was no one great natural disaster, no all-consuming world war, no catastrophic pandemic. Only scores of storms, droughts, and selfish regional conflicts. Humanity was not granted a heroic end. Instead, it bled to death from a thousand cuts. But where Earth fell apart, Mars pulled together. Engineered men and beasts, aided by Bees – an outlawed distributed intelligence – survived through co-operation, because there was simply no alternative. Fast forward to today. A signal – ‘For the sake of what once was. We beg you. Help.’ – reaches Mars. How could they refuse? A consortium of Martian work crews gather the resources for a mission: a triumphal return to the blue-green world of their ancestors. And now here they are – three hundred million kilometres from home. And it has all already gone horribly wrong.
Full Product Details
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Head of Zeus -- an AdAstra Book
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 4.60cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.220kg
ISBN: 9781035901456
ISBN 10: 1035901455
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 05 June 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
'A gripping dive into bioethics and artificial intelligence' * New Scientist on DOGS OF WAR * 'You don't need to have read Dogs of War to enjoy Bear Head – but why deny yourself the pleasure?' * The Times on BEAR HEAD * 'Funny, appalling, gruesome and uplifting (often at the same time), Bear Head is propelled by a cracking plot that balances dystopian satire with a palpable sense of moral peril' * Daily Mail on BEAR HEAD * 'If you're a fan of Black Mirror, this classic dystopian book will have you hooked within the first few pages. Smart, fast-paced, and razor-sharp, this book is surprisingly funny while still remaining deeply thought-provoking' * Daily Express on BEAR HEAD * 'A rousing good read' * Guardian on BEAR HEAD *
"""A gripping dive into bioethics and artificial intelligence"" --New Scientist on DOGS OF WAR ""You don't need to have read Dogs of War to enjoy Bear Head - but why deny yourself the pleasure?"" --The Times on BEAR HEAD ""Funny, appalling, gruesome and uplifting (often at the same time), Bear Head is propelled by a cracking plot that balances dystopian satire with a palpable sense of moral peril"" --Daily Mail on BEAR HEAD ""If you're a fan of Black Mirror, this classic dystopian book will have you hooked within the first few pages. Smart, fast-paced, and razor-sharp, this book is surprisingly funny while still remaining deeply thought-provoking"" --Daily Express on BEAR HEAD ""A rousing good read"" --Guardian on BEAR HEAD"
Author Information
Adrian Tchaikovsky is a British science-fiction and fantasy writer known for a wide-variety of work including the Children of Time, Final Architecture, Dogs of War, Tyrant Philosophers and Shadows of the Apt series, as well as standalone books such as Elder Race, Doors of Eden, Spiderlight and many others. Children of Time and its series has won the Arthur C Clarke and BSFA awards, and his other works have won the British Fantasy, British Science Fiction and Sidewise Awards.
