Ian McDonald‘s NEW MOON, the first novel in the Luna series, is out today in France in a mass market format. Published by Folio SF, here’s the synopsis for NOUVELLE LUNE…
2103. Sur une Lune où tout se vend, où tout s’achète, jusqu’aux sels minéraux contenus dans votre urine, et où la mort peut survenir à peu près à n’importe quel moment, Adriana Corta est la dirigeante du plus récent des «Cinq Dragons», ces familles à couteaux tirés qui règnent sur les colonies lunaires. Elle doit l’ascension météoritique de son organisation au commerce de l’hélium 3. Mais Corta Hélio possède de nombreux ennemis, et si Adriana, au crépuscule de sa vie, veut léguer quelque chose à ses cinq enfants, il lui faudra se battre, et en retour ils devront se battre pour elle… Car sur la Lune, ce nouveau Far West en pleine ruée vers l’or, tous les coups sont permis. Souvent comparé à Game of Thrones à cause de la brutalité de ses intrigues, récompensé par le Gaylactic Spectrum Award 2016, Luna, Nouvelle Lune est le premier volume d’une trilogie.
The second and third novels in the series — WOLF MOON and MOON RISING — are published in France by Denoël, as LUNE DU LOUP and LUNE MONTANTE (published on September 12th).
The Luna series is published in the UK by Gollancz, in the US by Tor Books, and extensively in translation. Here’s the English-language synopsis for NEW MOON…
The scions of a falling house must navigate a world of corporate warfare to maintain their family’s status in the Moon’s vicious political atmosphere.
The Moon wants to kill you.
Maybe it will kill you when the per diem for your allotted food, water, and air runs out, just before you hit paydirt. Maybe it will kill you when you are trapped between the reigning corporations-the Five Dragons-in a foolish gamble against a futuristic feudal society. On the Moon, you must fight for every inch you want to gain. And that is just what Adriana Corta did.
As the leader of the Moon’s newest “dragon,” Adriana has wrested control of the Moon’s Helium-3 industry from the Mackenzie Metal corporation and fought to earn her family’s new status. Now, in the twilight of her life, Adriana finds her corporation-Corta Helio-confronted by the many enemies she made during her meteoric rise. If the Corta family is to survive, Adriana’s five children must defend their mother’s empire from her many enemies… and each other.
