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Nucleation

by Kimberly Unger

We are live, we are live, we are live...Helen Vectorovich holds the unique distinction of failing at first contact — and she did it in both virtual reality and outer space.Only the most elite teams of operators and navigators get to pilot in remote space-mining operations. And no one was better than Helen and her navigator. Together they secured a multi-billion contract for establishing an interstellar gate to a distant star. But during a routine mission, what should have been an easy success turned deadly.Helen, grounded in a desk job, has overeager junior pilots jockeying to take her place, jealous corporate rivals, and nasty rumors blaming her for the botched mission. Meanwhile, Helen's new discovery in space — the Scale — seems to be...evolving.When someone — or something — wants to terminate her project, Helen must race to find out why before it is far too late.'Nucleation is an immersive tale that has blockbuster scale and emotional story-telling you won't soon forget.' — Terry Matalas, showrunner, Star Trek: Picard'A superb, smart debut! Love this woman who has to fight her way back to the top using her intelligence and expertise. The confident, sharp details made me feel I was there, in Helen's head, at each step of her remarkable journey.' — Lissa Price, author of the Starters series'Science fiction fans will be captivated by Unger's smart, plausible vision of the future of space travel, especially the elegant solution of utilizing quantum entanglement to communicate across light years...' — Publishers Weekly'This smart, gripping debut weaves technology, embodiment, and corporate espionage into a tense vision of the future that readers won't be able to put down.' — Jacqueline Koyanagi, author of Ascension'Debut[s] worth checking out...showing that new voices continue to expand the genre.' — The Washington Post
'In technology we so often look to science fiction for inspiration. Kimberly Unger is the rare author with a foot in both worlds and it shows as she gives a thrilling glimpse into the future with Nucleation.' — Andrew Bosworth, Vice President of Augmented and Virtual Reality, Facebook'Nucleation delivers top-notch suspense, deftly weaving together industrial espionage and first contact in a futuristic world that is all too plausible. Unger brings to her world a special sensibility for human psychology that gives realism to futuristic nanotech and corporate politics alike.' — Juliette Wade, author of Mazes of Power'Unger weaves real-world insights about virtual reality, technology, and art into a space opera packed with high adventure and dastardly intrigue.' — Eliot Peper, author of Veil and Breach'A near-future, tech-driven thriller marked by grounded characters, wondrous discovery, and a compelling mystery at its core.' — Joseph Mallozzi, Executive Producer, Dark Matter'An inventive, exciting page turner that mixes mystery, bleeding edge technological speculation, and the promise of a potential sequel. If Grisham was a better wordsmith and chose to write hard sf thrillers, it would look a lot like Kimberly Unger's gripping Nucleation.' — Charles Gannon, author of the Caine Riordan series'With Nucleation, Kimberly Unger offers a richly detailed, thought-provoking peek into our not-so distant future and a mind-blowing means of taking us to the stars, but are we prepared for what awaits us out there?' — Dayton Ward, author of Star Trek: Kirk Fu Manual

FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New

Author Biography

Kimberly Unger made her first videogame game back when the 80-column card was the new hot thing and followed that up with degrees in English/Writing from UC Davis and Illustration from the Art Center College of Design. Nowadays she produces narrative-games for VR, lectures on the intersection of art and code for UCSC's masters program and writes science fiction about how all these app-driven superpowers are going to change the human race.TL;dr: She writes about fast robots, big explosions and space things.

Review

2020 Washington Post Gift Guide selection
2020 UK Guardian Gift Guide selection
2020 Den of Geek Top Sci-Fi Books "A superb, smart debut! Love this woman who has to fight her way back to the top using her intelligence and expertise. The confident, sharp details made me feel I was there, in Helen's head, at each step of her remarkable journey. I can't wait to read more from Unger, a welcome new voice in science fiction."
--Lissa Price, internationally bestselling author of the Starters series "VERDICT: Unger's video game credits are well matched to this space adventure. Dialog among rivals, teammates, and machine interfaces keeps the story moving quickly. Recommended for fans of technothrillers and those who appreciate a strong lead character navigating readers through the technical bits.
--Library Journal "In technology we so often look to science fiction for inspiration. Kimberly Unger is the rare author with a foot in both worlds and it shows as she gives a thrilling glimpse into the future with Nucleation."
--Andrew Bosworth, Vice President of Augmented and Virtual Reality, Facebook "Science fiction fans will be captivated by Unger's smart, plausible vision of the future of space travel, especially the elegant solution of utilizing quantum entanglement to communicate across light years."
--Publishers Weekly "This smart, gripping debut weaves technology, embodiment, and corporate espionage into a tense vision of the future that readers won't be able to put down."
--Jacqueline Koyanagi, author of Ascension "[Nucleation is a] debut[s] worth checking out . . . showing that new voices continue to expand the genre"
--Washington Post "An inventive, exciting page turner that mixes mystery, bleeding edge technological speculation, and the promise of a potential sequel. If Grisham was a better wordsmith and chose to write hard sf thrillers, it would look a lot like Kimberly Unger's gripping Nucleation.
--Charles Gannon, author of the Caine Riordan series. "Nucleation delivers top-notch suspense, deftly weaving together industrial espionage and first contact in a futuristic world that is all too plausible. Unger brings to her world a special sensibility for human psychology that gives realism to futuristic nanotech and corporate politics alike."
--Juliette Wade, author of Mazes of Power "A near-future, tech-driven thriller marked by grounded characters, wondrous discovery, and a compelling mystery at its core."
--Joseph Mallozzi, Executive Producer, Dark Matter, Stargate's SG-1, Atlantis, Universe "As a lifelong fan of science fiction, I've read it all. But it's always a surprise to be captivated by a new work and for her first novel, Unger's Nucleation delivers a rich world-building experience on top of a narrative that grabs at you and satisfies that urge for something fresh. I'm so looking forward to more from this author."
--Kate Edwards, Executive Director of The Global Game Jam "Contact's Ellie Arroway. Story of Your Life's Louise Banks. The Last Astronaut's Sally Jansen. Add Helen Vectorovich to the ranks of great science fiction featuring remarkable, driven women serving as humanity's first contact with an alien race. With Nucleation, Kimberly Unger offers a richly detailed, thought-provoking peek into our not-so distant future and a mind-blowing means of taking us to the stars, but are we prepared for what awaits us out there?"
--Dayton Ward, author of Star Trek: Kirk Fu Manual "Unger weaves real-world insights about virtual reality, technology, and art into a space opera packed with high adventure and dastardly intrigue."
--Eliot Peper, author of Veil and Breach "Taut and snappy, Nucleation is solid science fiction with a whole lot of heart."
--Cat Rambo, author of Carpe Glitter "This debut novel is recommended for fans of Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon (2003) and Martha Wells' Murderbot series, as well as for readers who like their cutting-edge technology with a bit of danger on the side."
--Booklist "Forget your wide-eyed explorers, your prime directives, your philosophical debates. Forget all of Humanity nobly uniting in the face of the Unknown; our response to First Contact is far more likely to consist of mutual backstabbing in pursuit of the upper hand. Nucleation starts a clever journey down that less-traveled road, and passes through some fascinating territory en route."
--Peter Watts, author of The Freeze-Frame Revolution "Rest assured, Kimberly Unger has found a way to make piloting space vehicles via virtual reality interesting, compelling, with the requisite "stakes" high enough to maintain our interest."
--Galaxy's Edge Magazine "Author Kimberly Unger has created an absolutely inspiring main character who demonstrates on how believing in one's conviction and own intuition will always lead to truth. Nucleation is an immersive tale that has blockbuster scale and emotional story-telling you won't soon forget."
--Terry Matalas, showrunner, Star Trek: Picard "Helen, a company woman starting to see cracks in the corporate facade, is an engaging heroine, and Unger's experience producing virtual reality games lends verve and specificity to her depictions of the remote-operator experience."
--BookPage "Nucleation is an intelligently written story that manages to combine a number of serious scientific concepts with sociological ones as well."
--Green Man Review "Immersive and detailed SF and tech elements with the virtual reality gear that really shows the strength of the author's knowledge and lines of invention."
--Nerds of a Feather "I picked up Nucleation expecting a standard space opera. What I got was a thriller that kept me occupied for days."
--Lightspeed Magazine "Seamlessly blending elements of science fiction and mystery, Unger's latest revolves around a virtual-reality pilot who, after her navigator dies while they're working on a high-profile project, sets out to avenge his death and understand the bizarre circumstances surrounding the failed mission."
--Kirkus

Review Quote

"Author Kimberly Unger has created an absolutely inspiring main character who demonstrates on how believing in one's conviction and own intuition will always lead to truth. Nucleation is an immersive tale that has blockbuster scale and emotional story-telling you won't soon forget." --Terry Matalas, author of 12 Monkeys "In technology we so often look to science fiction for inspiration. Kimberly Unger is the rare author with a foot in both worlds and it shows as she gives a thrilling glimpse into the future with Nucleation ." --Andrew Bosworth, Vice President of Augmented and Virtual Reality, Facebook

Promotional "Headline"

Author readings and events at and major venues to include tech companies such as Facebook and Google; San Francisco Bay Area bookstores, SF in SF author series Custom cover-reveal app (The Reveal) designed by the author, generating increased interest via mobile platforms such as phones and tablets Social media rollout to include radio and podcasts; author and publisher push on pop culture and science fiction blogs, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, and Goodreads Review mailings to leading trade, science fiction, and thriller publications; ARCs available via NetGalley, Edelweiss, and Goodreads Review copies to leading newspaper book reviewers; science fiction, technology, and pop culture blogs and publications; and leading fiction publications

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Debut author delivers a dynamic technothriller with a brilliant and resilient heroine: An expert virtual-reality pilot on the biggest outer space mission of her career--plunged into corporate espionage, betrayal, and a threat to humankind Appeals strongly to the consumers of commercial thrillers, science fiction TV-series, movies, and games; and tech-based novels such as The Martian , Exhalation , and Recursion Author is a virtual-reality expert currently working on the popular Oculus gaming headsets at Facebook headquarters National marketing plan to include author appearances and virtual events

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Debut author delivers a dynamic technothriller with a brilliant and resilient heroine: An expert virtual-reality pilot on the biggest outer space mission of her career--plunged into corporate espionage, betrayal, and a threat to humankind Appeals strongly to the consumers of commercial thrillers, science fiction TV-series, movies, and games; and tech-based novels such as The Martian , Exhalation , and Recursion Author is a virtual-reality expert currently working on the popular Oculus gaming headsets at Facebook headquarters National marketing plan to include author appearances and virtual events

Details ISBN1616963387 Author Kimberly Unger Pages 288 Publisher Tachyon Publications Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1616963387 ISBN-13 9781616963385 Format Paperback UK Release Date 2020-11-13 Imprint Tachyon Publications Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2020-11-13 US Release Date 2020-11-13 Publication Date 2020-11-13 DEWEY FIC Audience General AU Release Date 2020-10-31

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