"The Fermi is the fastest ship, and the deadliest weapon in the universe. We only need it to be one of those things." More planets. More adventures. More apocalypses. The Fermi continues its voyage across the galaxy, its faster-than-light engine vaporising every planet it encounters, forces unknown steering it towards inhabited worlds. But now there is hope of a way out. An ancient, lost alien device that might negate the deadly side effects of the Alcubierre drive.
As they voyage through dangers including a war-torn forest moon, a vampiric dinner party, and the terrors of their own imagination, will the Fermi's crew find that escape? Or will they be forced to confront the destruction that lies in Fermi's Wake? Collecting all four parts of Fermi's Wake , the sequel series to Fermi's Progress. Praise for Fermi's Wake "Fermi's Wake is darkly comic SF that leaves most serious SF in the dust: endlessly inventive and surprising, with a sharp take on the ethical quandaries of operating the most destructive interstellar drive in the history of science fiction." Ken MacLeod ( The Lightspeed Trilogy ) "The cursed planet-hopper Fermi returns for another instalment of Farnell's character-driven cassette scifi, her crew searching for a way out of their accumulating tally of apocalypses only to find a galaxy full of least-worst options. It's just as clever and darkly funny as the first, and all the choices matter. Think Telltale Games' Farscape x Community, or Murderbot's meditations on agency and identity against a slightly Rick and Morty cosmology." Andrew Skinner ( Steel Frame, Origin Complex ) "A fun (and deeply satisfying) merging of choice-making and narrative form with story itself. It's ambitious, clever, and very fun." Ryan North ( Fantastic Four, Star Trek Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way ) on Fermi's Wake: Overview Effect "Smart, sharp, and funny, these four novellas teem with science-fictional inventiveness and clear-eyed social commentary.
" Una McCormack, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author on Fermi's Progress "Where are the crab-people, or their worlds? And who on Earth is Buster Crabbe? We are a serious museum, please stop emailing us." Margate's Crab Museum.