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Luna: Moon Rising

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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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  About the Author

  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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  About the Author

  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

  All rights reserved.

  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

  eISBN 9780765391483

  First eBook edition: March 2019

 

 

 


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