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Beyond the Aquila Rift is the fourth title in Short Stops, a series from Conversation Tree Press dedicated to bringing exceptional shorter works of fiction to life through beautifully bound, letterpress-printed, limited editions that begin shipping immediately upon announcement.

In Beyond the Aquila Rift, Alastair Reynolds takes the reader to the outermost limits of human understanding. When a routine faster-than-light jump goes awry, a deep-space transport crew awakens in an unfamiliar part of the galaxy, centuries from home. Awaiting them is a reunion both comforting and impossible, and a truth that lies beyond the limits of perception.

A former space scientist with the European Space Agency, Reynolds is known for his far-future visions and hard science fiction spanning more than twenty novels and a hundred short stories. Here, he threads that scientific realism through a story tinged with psychological unease and cosmic horror, as the crew confronts the shifting boundary between reality and illusion.

Beyond the Aquila Rift was one of two Reynolds stories adapted for Netflix’s acclaimed anthology series Love, Death & Robots.

Beyond the Aquila Rift is a limited edition of 500 unnumbered copies, letterpress printed by Nomad Letterpress in England on Magnani Pescia 130gsm mould-made paper. It features artwork by Matt Murphy and Tim McDonagh and the book is quarter-bound in book cloth and custom hand-marbled paper from Daniela Prina. The endpapers are GF Smith Colorplan with a linen finish.

All copies are signed by the author and both artists.

EDITION DETAILS:

• Signed by Alastair Reynolds, Matt Murphy, and Tim McDonagh.
• Limited to only 500 unnumbered copies.
• Letterpress printed on Magnani Pescia 130gsm mould-made paper by Nomad Letterpress in England.
  
• Three illustrations printed offset and tipped in by hand.
• Quarter bound in book cloth and custom hand-marbled paper from Papiers Prina.
• Endpapers are GF Smith Colorplan with a linen finish.
• Title and author foil-stamped on the spine.
• Trim size of 6 x 9 inches.
• 64 pages including front and back matter.