THE MONGOLIAD: BOOK ONE

The Mongoliad: Book One is the first novel in The Foreworld Saga and is based on the experimental, community-driven, enhanced online serial novel by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, and friends, about a small band of warriors who stand between the Mongols and their conquest of 13th-century Europe.

Book One was released on April 24, 2012. Book Two is scheduled for release on September 25, 2012.

HALO: PRIMORDIUM

Book two in The Forerunner Saga was released on January 3, 2012. It is the sequel to Halo: Cryptum based on the hit Xbox game.

What am I, really?
A long time ago, I was a living, breathing human being. I went mad. I served my enemies. They became my only friends.
Since then, I’ve traveled back and forth across this galaxy, and out to the spaces between galaxies—a greater reach than any human before me.
You have asked me to tell you about that time. Since you are the true Reclaimers, I must obey. Are you recording? Good. Because my memory is failing rapidly. I doubt I’ll be able to finish the story.
Once, on my birth-world, a world I knew as Erde-Tyrene, and which now is called Earth, my name was Chakas...

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HULL ZERO THREE

"Greg Bear's voice is a resonant, clear chord of quality binding some of the best SF of the 20th Century to the short list of science-savvy, sophisticated, top-notch speculative fiction of the 21st. More than a grace note, Hull Zero Three is a compelling allegro in the growing symphony of Greg Bear's finest work." ~ Dan Simmons

"One of Bear's most thought-provoking and well-crafted novels to date." ~ Booklist

"Bear is one of our greatest science fiction writers." ~ Vernor Vinge

"A lean, mean, supercharged sense-of-wonder engine." ~ Alastair Reynolds

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YOU'VE READ HALO:CRYPTUM AND HALO:PRIMORDIUM -- NOW WHAT?

Now that you’ve finished HALO: CRYPTUM and HALO: PRIMORDIUM, you might enjoy these other Greg Bear titles.

If you liked the exciting adventure aspects of the book, try HULL ZERO THREE.

If you liked the interstellar scope of the story, try FORGE OF GOD and its sequel ANVIL OF STARS, as well as MOVING MARS.

If you enjoy cosmic and thought-provoking fiction, try EON and CITY AT THE END OF TIME.

Intrigued by biological extrapolation? BLOOD MUSIC or DARWIN’S RADIO and its sequel DARWIN’S CHILDREN might be just the ticket.

Like thrillers? QUANTICO and its sequel MARIPOSA combine action and bio-terrorism in a contemporary setting. And they are the beginning of a future history that leads to QUEEN OF ANGELS its sequel SLANT.

There are many more Greg Bear books and stories to read, but these will get you started!

NEWS

This Is Your Crisis!
Greg Bear will be reading Kate Wilhelm's short story Ladies and Gentlemen, This is Your Crisis! as a fundraiser for Infinity Box Theatre Project on Wednesday, May 23 in Seattle. [See the flyer for more information]
(Posted 05/15/2012)
Mongoliad Signing May 17 in Seattle
The University Bookstore in Seattle is hosting a gathering of Mongoliad writers for a signing: Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, Joseph Brassey, Erik Bear, and Cooper Moo! Thursday, May 17 at 7pm. [See the Bookstore's Events Page for Details]
(Posted 05/14/2012)


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ABOUT GREG BEAR

Portrait of Greg Bear by Astrid Anderson Bear, 2006

Greg Bear is the author of HULL ZERO THREE (Orbit November 2010), CITY AT THE END OF TIME (Del Rey 2009), MARIPOSA (Perseus paperback November 2010), HALO: CRYPTUM and HALO: PRIMORDIUM (Tor, January 2011 and 2012). He's the father of two young writers, Erik and Alexandra. Greg's wife, Astrid Anderson Bear, has sold her first short story to SAN DIEGO NOIR, in collaboration with Diane Clark.