Books like Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
Michael Swanwick’s *Stations of the Tide* follows a nameless bureaucrat dispatched by the Office of Technology Transfer to locate a fugitive who holds forbidden technology on the planet Miranda. The search is complicated by the fugitive’s intimate knowledge of the world and by the approaching Jubilee tides that are about to flood the continent, plunging the environment and society into chaos. As the investigation unfolds, unexpected twists challenge the bureaucrat’s assumptions and reveal the complex web of technology, power, and survival in this cyberpunk space‑opera setting.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Michael Swanwick
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