Illustrations by Matt Murphy and Tim McDonagh.

Published by Conversation Tree Press.

Note: There is a limit of one copy per person/household.

Beyond the Aquila Rift is the third title in Short Stops, a series from Conversation Tree Press dedicated to bringing exceptional shorter works of fiction to life through beautifully bound, letterpress-printed, limited editions that begin shipping immediately upon announcement.

In Beyond the Aquila Rift, Alastair Reynolds takes the reader to the outermost limits of human understanding. When a routine faster-than-light jump goes awry, a deep-space transport crew awakens in an unfamiliar part of the galaxy, centuries from home. Awaiting them is a reunion both comforting and impossible, and a truth that lies beyond the limits of perception.

A former space scientist with the European Space Agency, Reynolds is known for his far-future visions and hard science fiction spanning more than twenty novels and a hundred short stories. Here, he threads that scientific realism through a story tinged with psychological unease and cosmic horror, as the crew confronts the shifting boundary between reality and illusion.

EDITION DETAILS:

Signed by Alastair Reynolds and both artists.
Limited to only 500 unnumbered copies.
Letterpress printed by Nomad Letterpress in England on Magnani Pescia 130gsm mould-made paper, a paper we usually reserve for our Deluxe Editions.
Quarter bound in book cloth and custom hand-marbled paper from Daniela Prina of Papers Prina in Belgium.
Endpapers are GF Smith Colorplan with a linen finish.
Title and author foil-stamped on the spine.
Three full-page, full-color interior illustrations.
Trim size of 6 x 9 inches.
64 pages including front and back matter.