Praise for Medusa Uploaded
“There are mysteries around every corner here, layered on top of one another, and the end product is just as fantastic as one would hope.”—Los Angeles Times
“The first book in the Medusa Cycle does not disappoint.”—RT Book Reviews (4 stars)
“A chilling tale of class warfare in deep space."—Booklist
“Readers will be riveted.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“An enticing start to a new space opera . . . will capture readers.”—Library Journal
“One of the best generation starship novels.”—SF Revu
“Emily Devenport is a magnificent craftswoman. . . . This may prove to be one of the best books of 2018.”—The Nameless Zine
“The worlds . . . both physical and virtual, are richly detailed and gorgeously imagined.”—Kirkus
“A fantastic, fast paced, twisty sci-fi thriller that builds mystery on top of mystery.”—The Illustrated Page
“Fascinating courtly intrigue and bloody power games set on a generation ship full of secrets—Medusa Uploaded is an imaginative, intense mystery about family dramas and ancient technologies whose influence reverberates across the stars. Disturbing, exciting, and frankly kind of mind-blowing.”—Annalee Newitz, author of Autonomous
2018-02-20
A tense sci-fi thriller about a woman determined to remake her society—at any cost.Oichi Angelis is supposed to be insignificant. She's part of the working class on the generation ship Olympia, bionically modified to see and hear only what the Executives want her to, and expected to work for subsistence-level food and no other reward. But Oichi has her own agenda. She's not out to avenge her parents, killed when a powerful Executive blew up Olympia's sister ship, Titania. She's trying to continue their work, to pass on the vast database of classical and folk music her father compiled and spread the secret encoded within that database—modifications that make it possible to bond with the incredibly powerful Medusa AIs, modifications that will upend the Olympia's rigidly hierarchical social structure. On a generation ship halfway to its destination, Oichi is starting a revolution, and she'll kill whomever gets in the way. Oichi is a fascinating character, cold and implacable in pursuing her goals but capable of deep emotion. The worlds she inhabits, both physical and virtual, are richly detailed and gorgeously imagined. The revelations about the secret machinations behind the Olympia's journey don't all have as much impact as they should, but overall this is a gripping and unusual read, with a tense plot driven forward by Oichi's determination to change her world.Sci-fi fans will love exploring the world of Oichi's spaceship home and living inside the head of a not-quite-coldblooded killer.
