The House of Styx
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Life can exist anywhere. And anywhere there is life, there is home.
In the swirling clouds of Venus, the families of la colonie live on floating plant-like trawlers, salvaging what they can in the fierce acid rain and crackling storms. Outside is dangerous, but humankindâs hold on the planet is fragile and they spend most of their days simply surviving.
But Venus carries its own secrets, too. In the depths, there is a wind that shouldnât exist.
And the House of Styx wants to harness it.
âKÃŧnskenâs vivid worldbuilding is a knockoutâĻThis is a must-readâ â Publishers Weekly, starred review
âAn audacious con job, scintillating future technology, and meditations on the nature of fractured humanityâ - Yoon Ha Lee on The Quantum Magician
 âTechnology changes usâeven our bodiesâin fundamental ways, and KÃŧnsken handles this wonderfullyâ - Cixin Liu on The Quantum Magician
âKÃŧnsken has a wonderfully ingenious imagination.â â Adam Roberts, Locus
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Derek KÃŧnsken has built genetically engineered viruses, worked with street children and refugees in Latin America, served as a Canadian diplomat, and, most importantly, taught his son about super-heroes and science. His short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Beneath Ceaseless Skies and multiple times in Asimovâs Science Fiction. His stories have been adapted into audio podcasts, reprinted in various Yearâs Best anthologies, and translated into multiple languages. They have also been short-listed for various awards, and won the Asimovâs Readersâ Award in 2013. He tweets from @derekkunsken, blogs at BlackGate.com, and makes his internet home at DerekKunsken.com.
