Wayfarers 1: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Shortlisted For The Bailey's Women's Prize For Fiction_x000D_ 'A quietly profound, humane tour de force' Guardian_x000D_ The beloved debut novel that will restore your faith in humanity_x000D_ #SmallAngryPlanet_x000D_ When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The ship, which has seen better days, offers her everything she could possibly want: a small, quiet spot to call home for a while, adventure in far-off corners of the galaxy, and distance from her troubled past._x000D_ But Rosemary gets more than she bargained for with the Wayfarer. The crew is a mishmash of species and personalities, from Sissix, the friendly reptillian pilot, to Kizzy and Jenks, the constantly sparring engineers who keep the ship running. Life on board is chaotic, but more or less peaceful - exactly what Rosemary wants._x000D_ Until the crew are offered the job of a lifetime: the chance to build a hyperspace tunnel to a distant planet. They'll earn enough money to live comfortably for... _x000D_ Shortlisted For The Bailey's Women's Prize For Fiction_x000D_ 'A quietly profound, humane tour de force' Guardian_x000D_ The beloved debut novel that will restore your faith in humanity_x000D_ #SmallAngryPlanet_x000D_ When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The ship, which has seen better days, offers her everything she could possibly want: a small, quiet spot to call home for a while, adventure in far-off corners of the galaxy, and distance from her troubled past._x000D_ But Rosemary gets more than she bargained for with the Wayfarer. The crew is a mishmash of species and personalities, from Sissix, the friendly reptillian pilot, to Kizzy and Jenks, the constantly sparring engineers who keep the ship running. Life on board is chaotic, but more or less peaceful - exactly what Rosemary wants._x000D_ Until the crew are offered the job of a lifetime: the chance to build a hyperspace tunnel to a distant planet. They'll earn enough money to live comfortably for years... if they survive the long trip through war-torn interstellar space without endangering any of the fragile alliances that keep the galaxy peaceful._x000D_ But Rosemary isn't the only person on board with secrets to hide, and the crew will soon discover that space may be vast, but spaceships are very small indeed._x000D_ Praise For The Wayfarers_x000D_ 'Never less than deeply involving' DAILY MAIL_x000D_ 'Explores the quieter side of sci-fi while still wowing us with daring leaps of imagination' iBOOKS_x000D_ 'So much fun to read' HEAT_x000D_ 'Chambers is simply an exceptional talent, quietly and beautifully redefining the space opera' TOR.COM_x000D_ 'The most fun that I've had with a novel in a long, long time' iO9