Uncle Bones — Damien Broderick

Four long adventures by a master story-teller. Uncle Bones Medical research brings you back from death, but only just. Nanotech turns you into a Stinky, shunned by the world. And you're only 15 years old. The Magi The Jesuit starship St. Ignatius Loyola, in exile from post-religion High Earth, finds a deserted city on a distant world. Have its people gone in search of their Redeemer? The Ballad of Bowsprit Bearstead What did cause the fall of the galactic empire? And why was it ruled by psychic Neanderthals? A time traveling scientist is shocked by the answer. The Game of Stars and Souls Son is pitted against father for the love of a beautiful gifted woman in this classic space opera of galactic conquest and self-awakening. Will their conflict end by destroying the universe? "Our own trailblazing man of ideas." - Terry Dowling, editor, The Essential Ellison