by Ian McDonald
Jo/Joe Moonbeam: new arrival on the moon.
Keji-oko: second spouse.
Kotoko: AKA council, of rotating memberships.
Kuozhao: dust-mask.
Ladeira: a staircase or ramp from one level of a quadra to another.
Laoda: boss of a Taiyang surface squad.
Maame: Mom in Akan. The standard Asamoah term of maternal endearment.
Madrinha: surrogate mother. Literally ‘Godmother’.
Mãe de Santo: Mother of the Saint, abbess of the Sisterhood of the Lords of Now.
Malandragem: the art of the trickster, bad-assery.
Mamãe/Mae, Papai/pai: Mother/Mom, Father/Dad.
Mirador: a viewpoint or lookout.
Moto: three-wheel automated cab.
Nana: Ashanti term of respect to an elder.
Nikah: a marriage contract. The term comes from Arabic.
Oko: spouse in marriage.
Okrana: VTO private security.
Omahene: CEO of AKA, on an eight-year rotation.
Orixa: deities and saints in the syncretistic Afro-Brasilian umbanda religion.
Oware: Asante strategy game of the pit-and-pebble type.
Primo: cousin
Santinhos: ‘Little Saints’; slang name for residents of João de Deus.
Sasuit: surface-activity suit.
Saudade: homesick melancholy. A sophisticated and essential element of bossa nova music.
Sobrinha/o: niece/nephew
Terreiro: meeting place for Afro-Brasilian religions.
Tia/Tio: aunt/uncle.
Wushi: Taiyang security.
Zabbaleen: freelance organics recyclers, who then sell on to the LDC which owns all organic material.
Zashitnik: a hired fighter in trial by combat; literally defender, advocate.
Zhongqiu: the second most important lunar festival after New Year.
Dramatis Personae
CORTA
Lucas Corta: Eagle of the Moon.
Lucasinho Corta: only son of Lucas Corta.
Ariel Corta: former lawyer in the Court of Clavius.
Wagner Corta: estranged brother of Lucas Corta, moon-wolf.
Robson Corta: son of Rafa Corta and Rachel Mackenzie, under the protection of Wagner Corta.
Luna Corta: daughter of Rafa Corta and Lousika Asamoah.
Alexia Corta: Earth-born Iron Hand of Lucas Corta.
Elis: madrinha of Luna Corta.
Marina Calzaghe: former PA and bodyguard to Ariel Corta, returned to Earth.
Jorge Mauro: musician and one-time amor of Lucas Corta.
Nelson Medeiros: chief escolta to Lucas Corta.
TAIYANG
Lady Sun: the Dowager of Shackleton, grandmother of the CEO of Taiyang.
Darius Mackenzie-Sun: late son of Jade and Robert Mackenzie, protégé of Lady Sun.
Sun Zhiyuan: CEO of Taiyang.
Amanda Sun: ex-oko of Lucas Corta.
Tamsin Sun: Head of Legal Services.
Jaden Sun: board member and owner of Tigers of the Sun handball team.
Amalia Sun: Amanda Sun’s agent to the University of Farside.
Jiang Ying Yue: Taiyang Head of Security.
MACKENZIE METALS
Duncan Mackenzie: oldest son of Robert and Alyssa Mackenzie, CEO of Mackenzie Metals.
Anastasia Vorontsova: oko of Duncan Mackenzie.
Apollonaire Vorontsova: keji-oko of Duncan Mackenzie.
Denny Mackenzie: youngest son of Duncan and Apollonaire; disinherited by Duncan Mackenzie for treachery.
Kimmie-Leigh Mackenzie: (briefly) betrothed to Irina Efua Vorontsova-Asamoah.
MACKENZIE HELIUM
Bryce Mackenzie: brother of Duncan Mackenzie, CEO Mackenzie Helium.
Finn Warne: First Blade of Mackenzie Helium.
Hossam El Ibrashy: First Blade of Mackenzie Helium.
Rowan Solveig-Mackenzie, Alfonso Pereztrejo, Jaime Hernandez-Mackenzie: executives Mackenzie Metals.
Analiese Mackenzie: dark-amor of Wagner Corta in his dark aspect.
AKA
Lousika Asamoah: Omahene of the Golden Stool.
Abena Asamoah: political science student at the Cabochon colloquium and legal assistant to Ariel Corta.
VTO
Valery Vorontsov: CEO VTO Space.
Yevgeny Vorontsov: CEO of VTO Moon.
Sergei Vorontsov: CEO VTO Earth.
Irina Efua Vorontsova-Asamoah: ecologist and daughter of a dynastic Asamoah/Vorontsov marriage.
LUNAR MANDATE AUTHORITY
Wang Yongqing: Chinese delegate to the LMA.
Anselmo Reyes: delegate from the Davenant Venture Capital fund.
Monique Bertin: European Union delegate to the LMA.
UNIVERSITY OF FARSIDE
Dakota Kaur Mackenzie: ghazi of the Faculty of Biocybernetics.
Dr Gebreselassie: physician to Lucasinho Corta.
Rosario Salgado O’Hanlon de Tsiolkovski: failed ghazi, zashitnik to Ariel Corta.
Vidhya Rao: economist and mathematician, former banker with Whitacre Goddard.
EARTH
Marina Calzaghe: former PA TO Ariel Corta.
Kessie: sister.
Ocean: niece.
Weavyr: niece.
Skyler: brother.
OTHERS
Mariano Gabriel Demaria: director of the School of Seven Bells, an assassin’s college.
Haider: Robson Corta’s best friend.
Max and Arjun: Haider’s care givers.
Lunar Calendar
The Lunar Calendar is divided into twelve lunes named after the signs of the Zodiac: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, plus a New Year’s Day.
The days of each lune are derived from the Hawaiian system of naming each day after a different moon-phase. Thus the lune has 30 days and no weeks.
1: Hilo
2: Hoaka
3: Ku Kahi
4: Ku Lua
5: Ku Kolu
6: Ku Pau
7: Ole Ku Kahi
8: Ole Ku Lua
9: Ole Ku Kolu
10: Ole Ku Pau
11: Huna
12: Mohalu
13: Hua
14: Akua
15: Hoku
16: Mahealani
17: Kulua
18: Lā’au Kū Kahi
19: Lā’au Kuū Lua
20: Lā’au Pau
21: ’Ole Kū Kahi
22: ’Ole Kū Lua
23: ’Ole Pau
24: Kāloa Kū Kahi
25: Kāloa Kū Lua
26: Kāloa Pau
27: Kāne
28: Lono
29: Mauli
30: Muku
Additionally, the larger cities (with the exception of Queen of the South) operate a three-shift system: mañana, tarde, noche. Each shift is eight hours apart. Noon in mañana is 8 p.m. in tarde and 4 a.m. in noche.
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Ian McDonald was born in 1960 in Manchester, England, to an Irish mother and a Scottish father. He moved with his family to Northern Ireland in 1965. He has won the Locus Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. His first novel, Desolation Road, was published in 1988. Other works include King of Morning, Queen of Day (winner of the Philip K. Dick Award), River of Gods, The Dervish House, the graphic novel Kling Klang Klatch, and many more. He now lives in Belfast. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
What Has Gone Before
Map: Nearside of the Moon
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
TWELVE
THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN
TWENTY
TWENTY-ONE
TWENTY-TWO
TWENTY-THREE
TWENTY-FOUR
TWENTY-FIVE
TWENTY-SIX
TWENTY-SEVEN
Glossary
Dramatis Personae
Lunar Calendar
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Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
LUNA: MOON RISING
Copyright © 2017 by Ian McDonald
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Map copyright © Dave Senior
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First published in Great Britain by Gollancz, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group, an Hachette UK company.
First U.S. Edition: March 2019
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First eBook edition: March 2019