Ghost Spin

Sometimes a ghost of a chance is all you get.
"Award-winning author Chris Moriarty returns to a dazzling cyber-noir far future in this gritty, high-stakes thriller where the only rule is "Evolve . . . or die.""
The Age of Man is ending. The UN's sprawling interstellar empire is failing as its quantum teleportation network collapses, turning once-viable colonies into doomed island outposts. Humanity's only hope of survival is the Drift: a mysterious region of space where faster-than-light travel--or something far stranger--seems possible. As mercenaries and pirates flock to the Drift, the cold war between the human-led UN and the clone-dominated Syndicates heats up. Whoever controls the Drift will chart the future course of human evolution--and no one wants to be left behind in a universe where the price of failure is extinction.
When the AI called Cohen ventures into the Drift, he dies--allegedly by his own hand--and his consciousness is scattered across the cosmos. Some of his ghosts are still self-aware. Some are insane. And one of them hides a secret worth killing for. Enter Major Catherine Li, Cohen's human (well, partly human) lover, who embarks on a desperate search to solve the mystery of Cohen's death--and put him back together. But Li isn't the only one interested in Cohen's ghosts. Astrid Avery, a by-the-book UN navy captain, is on the hunt. So is William Llewellyn, a pirate who has one of the ghosts in his head, which is slowly eating him alive. Even the ghosts have their own agendas. And lurking behind them all is a pitiless enemy who will stop at nothing to make sure the dead don't walk again.
Praise for "Ghost Spin"
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"Complexity is the watchword here, of thought, idea, narrative, character and plot. . . . Highly rewarding."--"Kirkus Reviews"
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"Rewarding . . . The adaptations humans make to survive in the hostile environments of other worlds, a galaxy teetering on the edge of singularity . . . are genuinely visionary."--"Publishers Weekly"
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"This stand-along 'spin-off' offers a compelling tale of adventure/suspense blended with cybernoir and high-tech sf."--"Library Journal"
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"An excellent read: gripping, fast-paced, provocative and handsome."--Tor.com
"A brilliant mix of space opera, cyberpunk, and just plain great writing, Moriarty's work is some of the most impressive in science fiction today."--SFRevu "From the Trade Paperback edition."