It's Happening: Second Fractalverse Book Announced

[masterghandalf]

Literally just stumbled onto this on Tor.com this morning, and when I checked here I was a bit surprised to see that no one had posted this already, so I thought I'd go ahead and break the news. It looks like another Fractalverse book is indeed happening; behold Fractal Noise, coming May 16th, 2023. I'm honestly a bit surprised by this, since To Sleep in a Sea of Stars didn't seem to make all that big of a splash, but it looks like Paolini is determined to go ahead. At the very least, hopefully it will be sporkable. And apparently it's set before To Sleep, rather than a sequel.

There's also a summary, which sounds rather generic to me: July 25th, 2234: The crew of the Adamura discovers the Anomaly.

On the seemingly uninhabited planet Talos VII: a circular pit, 50 kilometers wide. Its curve not of nature, but design.

Now, a small team must land and journey on foot across the surface to learn who built the hole and why. But they all carry the burdens of lives carved out on disparate colonies in the cruel cold of space. For some the mission is the dream of the lifetime, for others a risk not worth taking, and for one it is a desperate attempt to find meaning in an uncaring universe.

Each step they take toward the mysterious abyss is more punishing than the last. And the ghosts of their past follow.

Comments

[fairythorn]

I really hope any aliens in this are not the jellies; I've had enough of those for a lifetime. But yeah, the premise . . . So people find a weird hole and investigate it; they must "journey on foot" to it (oh joy, more travel log stuff), and there are a few characters who either really want to be there or really don't. I can just imagine this long trek to get there, with some characters dying weird and violent deaths, and when they finally get to the hole Angela is sitting there like "you were looking for meaning but will never find it, riddles etc., teehee."

[epistler]

I can just imagine this long trek to get there, with some characters dying weird and violent deaths, and when they finally get to the hole Angela is sitting there like "you were looking for meaning but will never find it, riddles etc., teehee."

I swear to Satan if that actually happens I will not be held responsible for my actions.

[torylltales]

Why would you swear to Paolini('s dad)? :P

[epistler]

Why risk invoking his unholy if completely impotent wrath??