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Terra Ignota is a quartet of science fiction and philosophical novels by the American author Ada Palmer.The series consists of Too Like the Lightning (2016), Seven Surrenders (2017), The Will to Battle (2017), and Perhaps the Stars (2021).
Map of North America from 1566 showing Italian inscriptions, both Terra In Cognita and Mare In Cognito. Terra incognita or terra ignota (Latin "unknown land"; incognita is stressed on its second syllable in Latin, but with variation in pronunciation in English) is a term used in cartography for regions that have not been mapped or documented.
The Earth of the Terra Ignota quartet has seen several centuries of near-total peace and prosperity. Set in the year 2454, Seven Surrenders is the second half of a fictional memoir written by self-confessed unreliable narrator Mycroft Canner, a brilliant, infamous, and paroled criminal who often serves the world's most powerful leaders.
Too Like the Lightning is the first novel in a science fiction quartet called Terra Ignota, written by the American author Ada Palmer. It was published on May 10, 2016. Its sequels are Seven Surrenders (2017), The Will to Battle (2017), and Perhaps the Stars (2021). The novel won the 2017 Compton Crook Award.
Palmer's first novel, Too Like the Lightning, the first of the Terra Ignota series, was published in 2016, and was a finalist for the 2017 Hugo Awards. [3] It has been described as a rational adjacent book, [11] a work influenced both by science-fiction and historical genres, [12] a fact the author has confirmed. [13]
The Will to Battle is the third novel in a science fiction quartet called Terra Ignota, written by the American author Ada Palmer.It was published on December 19, 2017. It was a finalist for the 2018 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
Perhaps the Stars is the fourth novel in a science fiction quartet called Terra Ignota, written by the American author Ada Palmer.It was published on November 21, 2021. It is preceded by Too Like the Lightning (2016), Seven Surrenders (2017), and The Will to Battle (2017).
Terra incognita is a Latin phrase meaning 'unknown land', describing regions that have not been mapped or documented. Terra incognita may also refer to: Terra Incognita (Gojira album) Terra Incognita (Juliette Lewis album), 2009; Terra Incognita (Chris Whitley album), Terra Incognita: Ambient Works 1975 to Present, a compilation of Boyd Rice music