Over the last few months I’ve been doing something I didn’t expect: writing short stories to test the foundations of my second novel. I didn’t start with a plan, just a question that wouldn’t leave me alone. What kind of mineral could exist in this universe that people would fight to control, trade across star […]

I’ve always felt most at home under a wide sky. Some of my favourite memories are from camping trips, sitting by the fire while the world went quiet around me. I’d tilt my head back, pick out constellations, and think about how ancient cultures once did the same thing, reading the universe like a storybook.