Michael Cobley‘s fantastic new Space Opera, Seeds of Earth – the first in his Humanity’s Fire sequence is due out from Orbit in March.

We’ve just received a cover proof which shows off a very cool quote from none other than Mister Iain M. Banks – author of The Culture novels and writer who knows a thing or two about Space Opera, given that he’s written some of the very best example of the genre! Of Mikes new book he says…

“Proper Galaxy-spinning space opera with lots of weird aliens, secret ancient technologies and mysterious hyper-weapons – a worthy addition to the genre.“

… and he should know!