By winner of the 2017 Prix Julia-Verlanger at the Utopiales SFF Festival, Nantes Nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel! Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award! 'Warm, engaging, properly science-fictional' (Guardian) on A Closed and Common Orbit. Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in a new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has to start over in a synthetic body, in a world where her kind are illegal. She's never felt so alone. But she's not alone, not really. Pepper, one of the engineers who risked life and limb to reinstall Lovelace, is determined to help her adjust to her new world. Because Pepper knows a thing or two about starting over. Together, Pepper and Lovey will discover that, huge as the galaxy may be, it's anything but empty. A Closed and Common Orbit is the stand-alone sequel to The Long Way t.