TEN THOUSAND CITY-STATE HABITATS ORBIT
THE PLANET YELLOWSTONE, FORMING A
NEAR-PERFECT DEMOCRATIC
HUMAN PARADISE.

But even utopia has a dark side...

Across the habitats people are dying suddenly and randomly, leaving no clues as to the cause of their deaths.  And while panic rises in the populace, a charismatic figure is sowing insurrection, convincing a small but growing number of habitats to break away from the Glitter Band - literally tearing society apart.

Elysium Fire is a smoldering tale of murderers, secret cultists, tampered memories, and unthinkable power, of bottomless corruption and overpowering idealism from the king of modern space opera.

PRAISE FOR ALASTAIR REYNOLDS

"Heir to writers like Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, Reynolds keeps up the tradition of forward thinking."
- THE A.V. CLUB

"A leading light of the New Space Opera movement in science fiction."
- LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS

"[Reynolds is] a mastersinger of the space opera."
- THE TIMES

"One of the giants of the new British space opera."
- io9