SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A quietly profound humane tour de force' Guardian The beloved debut novel that will restore your faith in humanity Small Angry Planet When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer she isn't expecting much The ship which has seen better days offers her everything she could possibly want a small quiet spot to call home for a while adventure in far-off corners of the galaxy & distance from her troubled past But Rosemary gets more than she bargained for with the Wayfarer The crew is a mishmash of species & personalities from Sissix the friendly reptillian pilot to Kizzy & Jenks the constantly sparring engineers who keep the ship running Life on board is chaotic but more or less peaceful
- exactly what Rosemary wants Until the crew are offered the job of a lifetime the chance to build a hyperspace tunnel to a distant planet They'll earn enough money to live comfortably for years if they survive the long trip through war-torn interstellar space without endangering any of the fragile alliances that keep the galaxy peaceful But Rosemary isn't the only person on board with secrets to hide & the crew will soon discover that space may be vast but spaceships are very small indeed PRAISE FOR THE WAYFARERS' Never less than deeply involving' DAILY MAIL' Explores the quieter side of sci-fi while still wowing us with daring leaps of imagination' i BOOKS' So much fun to read' HEAT' Chambers is simply an exceptional talent quietly & beautifully redefining the space opera' TORCOM' The most fun that I've had with a novel in a long long time' i O9