Ada Palmer Books in Order

In a tightly regulated twenty-fifth-century society, convict Mycroft Canner and spiritual counselor Carlyle Foster encounter a boy who can bring objects to life. His abilities threaten the assumptions sustaining a world that considers itself a utopia.

The leaders of the Hives have maintained global stability through carefully calculated secret killings. As that balance falters, Mycroft Canner and Carlyle Foster carry dangerous knowledge, including the existence of a child whose powers could transform their world.

Revelations about the murders sustaining the Hives' apparent utopia undermine their leaders' authority. As public trust collapses and rival factions prepare for conflict, a society accustomed to peace struggles with the prospect of a devastating war.

Global civil war destroys the transportation networks that once united humanity, isolating communities and breaking alliances. With Mycroft missing, Ninth Anonymous must chronicle the conflict while seeking a way to preserve a society approaching collapse.

Ada Palmer challenges the familiar picture of the Renaissance as a golden age by examining fifteen lives from the period. Their experiences reveal a fragile society shaped by conflict, while later historians’ political needs helped create its enduring reputation.

Jo Walton and Ada Palmer examine how science fiction and fantasy are written, read, and shaped by their histories. Their conversations explore genre boundaries, readers’ expectations, outside influences, empathy, and the place of optimism in imagined futures.

A starving Greenland settlement turns to the old gods, a London playwright seeks inspiration, and Loki waits in captivity while Odin schemes. Their entwined stories reconsider the loyalties, violence, and love binding the two gods across different worlds.