“This―THIS―is the cutting edge of science fiction.” ―Richard K. Morgan, author of Altered Carbon How do you stage a mutiny when you're only awake one day in a million? How do you conspire when your tiny handful of potential allies changes with each job shift? How do you engage an enemy that never sleeps, that sees through your eyes and hears through your ears, and relentlessly, honestly, only wants what's best for you? Trapped aboard the starship Eriophora , Sunday Ahzmundin is about to discover the components of any successful revolution: conspiracy, code―and unavoidable casualties. Note from the publisher: The red and/or bold letters in the print edition (highlighted letters in the e-book) indicate special bonus content. Praise for The Freeze-Frame Revolution A Publishers Weekly Book of the Week A Goodreads Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy title of Jan-August 2018 1000 Year Plan 2018 Recommended Reading List Locus Recommended Reading List 2018 SCKA Award nominations The Nowa Fantastyka Prize for "Best Foreign Book" “This is definitely vintage Watts―outstanding, exciting, and terrifying.” ―Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother and Walkaway “ The Freeze-Frame Revolution is a delicious morsel of hard science fiction . . . The setup of the book is irresistible, and the science is high-concept, but the story is driven by Sunday’s relationships and her conviction in herself and her companions.” ― Washington Post “The latest from Watts ( Blindsight , 2006) packs a significant punch into a small package.” ― Booklist “ [STARRED REVIEW] In this short, tight novel that contains vast science-fictional speculation, the human crew of the construction ship Eriophora spends 66 million years building interstellar wormhole gates, so they have lots of time to ponder issues of purpose. Sunday Ahzmundin, on a quest to find a missing crewmate, has to deal with another coworker, Lian, who is traumatized after the ship is damaged by one of the “occasional demons” that pop out of newly opened gates. Dropping in and out of suspended animation as scheduled by the Chimp, the AI that runs the ship, Sunday begins to uncover the secrets behind Lian’s subsequent death and the disappearances of other crew members, learning what hides beneath the ship’s closed and rigidly structured society. Watts ( Echopraxis ) puts the concept of humanity under the knife, teasing out how Chimp’s programming and Sunday’s loyalty can both tie them together and set them at odds. Watts pits the drive toward success against the need for connection, leading to an ending as open and as expansive as the universe. SF fans will love this tale of bizarre future employment and genuine wonder.” ― Publishers Weekly [ A Staff Pick / Best Summer 2018 Read] “ The Freeze-Frame Revolution (Tachyon), the shortest and latest novel from Canadian Peter Watts, is as brilliant and enticingly acute as any of his earlier and longer work.” ―Seattle Review of Books “Part thriller, part hard-SF vision, part existential nightmare . . . impressive and intriguing.” ―Locus “Darkness and awesome technology lurk in Peter Watts’new book, The Freeze-Frame Revolution .” ―Vernor Vinge, author of A Fire Upon the Deep “Peter Watts blows my mind every single time.” ―Kelly Robson, author of Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach “[STARRED REVIEW] Entertaining and provocative, brilliant and ambitious, The Freeze-Frame Revolution is compelling science fiction with heart.” ―Foreword “ The Freeze Frame Revolution is the purest driven high concept SF . . . as vivid and carnal and profane as the headiest of high-end literature.” ― Richard Morgan, author of Altered Carbon “It's science fiction on a grand scale, covering countless millennia and light-years. It's a story that doesn't leave the reader comfortable, and it's terrific. But if you wanted comfortable, you wouldn't be reading anything by Peter Watts.” ― MT Void “Watts takes familiar-seeming SF tropes and accelerates them towards lightspeed, until they become something chillingly other. A gripping tale where galactic timescales collide with biology and age-old human dilemmas.” ― Hannu Rajaniemi, author of Summerland and The Quantum Thief “Fast, rich, and cool― The Freeze-Frame Revolution fascinates!” ―Greg Bear, author of Eon and Take Back the Sky “A savvy, fast-paced, vivid mix of humans way off-planet, pounding biology, robotics, cyberpunk, and even music. That's right, everything you've come to expect and enjoy from Peter Watts, and maybe a little more. This is one of his best ― short, unforgettable, highly recommended.” ― Paul Levinson, author of The Plot to Save Socrates and The Silk Code “In The Freeze-Frame Revolution , Peter Watts takes us millions of years into the future and hundreds of light-years away, where an isolated fragment of humanity must confront exotic physics, unfathomable entities, and the unforeseen consequences of thei