The Quantum Dawn

A Hunt Through Eternity At the end of the Quantum War, Belisarius disappeared into a collapsing wormhole, and was thought lost forever. Now the Puppet priestess Rosalie Johns-10 is suffering powerful nightmares of strange geometries. Belisarius's old lover Cassandra and the AI Saint Matthew work out the nightmares are a signal, originating somewhere - and somewhen - in the 11-dimensional space of the wormhole network. Cassandra, Rosalie, Saint Matthew and their comrade Stills head off on a hunt through time itself - a hunt that will take them to the ancient beginnings of the network, in the dawn of the universe...

Derek Künsken has written six novels, including the bestselling Quantum Evolution series. His short fiction has appeared in Analog, Asimov's and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and won the Asimov's Readers' Award in 2013. He has worked as a geneticist and a diplomat. He lives in Québec, Canada.