GARETH L. POWELL is the author of seven science fiction novels and two short story collections as well as a non-fiction book about writing. His third novel, Ack-Ack Macaque , book one in the Macaque Trilogy, was the winner of the 2013 British Science Fiction Association novel award (joint winner with Anne Leckie's Ancillary Justice ). He lives in Bristol, UK. PETER F. HAMILTON began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. He has written many bestselling novels, including the Greg Mandel series, the Night's Dawn trilogy, the Commonwealth Saga and the Void trilogy, as well as several standalone novels including Fallen Dragon and Great North Road .