LIVING MEMORY is the first book of a globe-spanning thriller trilogy about extinction and genetic possibilities. When paleontologists Samira and Kit uncover dinosaur skeletons in northern Thailand, they find the remains of an ancient genetic technology that nations will kill to control. Catapulted into a web of murder and intrigue involving the Chinese Ministry of State…
Author: davidwaltonfiction
David is the internationally bestselling author of THE GENIUS PLAGUE, winner of the 2018 Campbell Award for Best Novel. He loves to read SF and lives near Philadelphia with his wife and eight children.
"Walton has brought hard sci-fi roaring back to life." --The Wall Street Journal
Three Laws Lethal
THREE LAWS LETHAL was a Wall Street Journal pick for Best SF Novel of 2019! THE PLACE, NEW YORK CITY; the time, the very near future. The streets are swarming with self-driving cars, and the competition between two entrepreneurs for this cutthroat futuristic business grows increasingly fierce. But when the escalating technological warfare produces superintelligent AI…
The Genius Plague
WINNER OF THE CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Zombie books just aren’t creepy enough. They’re exciting, don’t get me wrong. When some drooling dead guy is breaking down your door to sink his teeth into your flesh, it’ll get your blood pumping. But the thing is, he’s dead. He’s not a person anymore. You can shoot…
Superposition
SUPERPOSITION is a quantum physics murder mystery with the breathless speed and mind-bending plot twists of some of my favorite films, like Inception, The Prestige, and Minority Report. It follows Jacob Kelley, a retired physicist visited by an old colleague who waves a gun around and babbles about an alien quantum intelligence. The mystery deepens when Jacob discovers that…
Quintessence
QUINTESSENCE was published by Tor Books in 2013. It’s an alternate history/fantasy set in the Age of Exploration, full of arcane science, alchemy, human dissection, sea monsters, betrayal, torture, religious controversy, and magic. Scientists and explorers gamble with their lives to turn lead into gold and bring the dead back to life. In Europe, the magic is thin,…
Terminal Mind
TERMINAL MIND, my first novel, won the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award for the best paperback science fiction novel of the year! It was great fun to write, and I’ve been very pleased with the result. It’s been a thrilling ride to see it make the rounds and be read by so many people. If…
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