It is the age of the Celestial Empire, and the epic civilisations of Imperial China and Mexica have taken their ancient war into space.
A disgraced Chinese naval captain and a commando who knows secrets he should never have learned, are picked to lead a suicide mission. They must pilot a salvaged Mexica spacecraft to Xolotl, the asteroid stronghold of their enemies, armed with enough explosive to reduce the Mexica base to dust. But when they arrive to find dozens of Chinese prisoners destined to be used as human sacrifices, their suicide mission suddenly turns into a rescue operation.
The Dragon's Nine Sons marks the start of the epic Celestial Empire sequence, one of the most original and exciting series in modern science fiction.
A disgraced Chinese naval captain and a commando who knows secrets he should never have learned, are picked to lead a suicide mission. They must pilot a salvaged Mexica spacecraft to Xolotl, the asteroid stronghold of their enemies, armed with enough explosive to reduce the Mexica base to dust. But when they arrive to find dozens of Chinese prisoners destined to be used as human sacrifices, their suicide mission suddenly turns into a rescue operation.
The Dragon's Nine Sons marks the start of the epic Celestial Empire sequence, one of the most original and exciting series in modern science fiction.
Chris Roberson's short fiction can be found in various anthologies and in the pages of Asimov's, Postscripts, and Subterranean Magazine. His novels include Here, There & Everywhere (Pyr, 2005), The Voyage of Night Shining White (PS Publishing, 2006), and Paragaea: A Planetary Romance (Pyr, 2006), and he is the editor of the anthology Adventure Vol. 1 (MonkeyBrain Books, Nov 2005). Roberson has been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and twice for the Sidewise Award for Best Alternate History Short Form (winning in 2004 with his story "O One"). Along with business partner and spouse Allison Baker, Roberson is the co-owner of MonkeyBrain Books, an independent publishing house specializing in genre fiction and non-fiction genre studies.
