Dogged Persistence

This short story collection is from the bestselling author well known for his novels based onStar WarsandThe X-Files. The title story is a gritty tale of the ultimate use of nanotechnologyimmortality. "Human, MartianOne, Two, Three" is a novella-length story about the terraforming of Mars. In addition to Anderson's original fiction, this collection features his shared writing, including the first new Dune fiction, the story "A Whisper of Caladan Seas," cowritten with Brian Herbert. Also included are the horrific tale "Drumbeats," written with drummer Neal Peart of the band Rush, and "Prisoner of War," a sequel to Harlan Ellison's classic Outer Limits teleplay, "Soldier."

Kevin J. Anderson is the author of Antibodies and Ground Zero and the coauthor of Dune: House Atreides. He lives in Monument, Colorado.