From three-time Nebula Award finalist Matthew Kressel comes this haunting science fiction tale. In a galaxy obliterated by war Betsy Haadama is the last human alive. She sits aboard an Eluder Ship waiting with many different species of aliens who all hope to flee the dying galaxy by escaping through a collapsing star into a new universe. But what she uncovers there might affect not just her future but the entire history of the human race.
"'The History Within Us' by Matthew Kressel is one of the most powerful stories I've read in a long time. I am deeply moved by it. Go read." - Rachel Swirsky, Nebula Award winning author.
Honorable Mention in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2011 Edition, edited by Rich Horton.
Matthew Kressel has been a Nebula Award finalist three times, in 2013 for "The Sounds of Old Earth", in 2014 for "The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye", and 2017 for "The Last Novelist (Or a Dead Lizard in the Yard)". This last story was also a 2018 Eugie Award Finalist. His fiction has been translated into Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Czech, Polish, French and Romanian. He lives in New York City with his wife.
Genre: Science Fiction
"'The History Within Us' by Matthew Kressel is one of the most powerful stories I've read in a long time. I am deeply moved by it. Go read." - Rachel Swirsky, Nebula Award winning author.
Honorable Mention in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2011 Edition, edited by Rich Horton.
Matthew Kressel has been a Nebula Award finalist three times, in 2013 for "The Sounds of Old Earth", in 2014 for "The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye", and 2017 for "The Last Novelist (Or a Dead Lizard in the Yard)". This last story was also a 2018 Eugie Award Finalist. His fiction has been translated into Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Czech, Polish, French and Romanian. He lives in New York City with his wife.
Genre: Science Fiction
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