The Ancient Ones

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The Ancient Ones by David Brin

The Ancient Ones is available for preorder. It will ship on or before its release date of June 17, 2025.

We never expected that inventing Star-Drive would lead to this.

We were first! Bold explorers who brought light and movement to the galaxy, teaching others and forging a grand alliance with all races. (Well, most of them.) It seemed the galaxy would be ours to lead and to share!

Then we met demmies.

Oh, they’re not so bad. They mean well. Impulsive and exasperating, sure. Often brilliant, puckish, idiotic, mercurial, always astonishing… did I mention exasperating? And lucky.

Gradually, it dawned on humanity—Hey, that’s what WE wanted to be! In ancient myths and sci-fi dreams, it’s how we pictured ourselves. As the impulsive-lucky ones. Only now… they reverently call Earthlings “the Ancient Ones.” And demmies are having all the fun.

The adventure begins when the crew unreels a humongous hose down to the surface and hurries to discover a whole lot of something weird. Life… death… and the living dead… will never be the same.

A new science fiction comedy from David Brin—author of award-winning novels such as The Postman, Earth, Existence, Startide Rising, Sundiver, and The Practice Effect.