Elizabeth Bear - Dust (Jacob's Ladder 1) (epub)

On a broken ship orbiting a doomed sun, dwellers have grown complacent with their aging
metal world. But when a serving girl frees a captive noblewoman, the old order is about
to change....

Ariane, Princess of the House of Rule, was known to be fiercely cold-blooded. But
severing an angel's wings on the battlefield - even after she had surrendered - proved
her completely without honor. Captive, the angel Perceval waits for Ariane not only to
finish her off - but to devour her very memories and mind. Surely her gruesome death
will cause war between the houses - exactly as Ariane desires. But Ariane's plan may
yet be opposed, for Perceval at once recognizes the young servant charged with her care.

Rien is the lost child: her sister. Soon they will escape, hoping to stop the impending
war and save both their houses. But it is a perilous journey through the crumbling hulk
of a dying ship, and they do not pass unnoticed. Because at the hub of their turning
world waits Jacob Dust, all that remains of God, following the vapor wisp of the angel.
And he knows they will meet very soon.

Title: Dust
Series: Jacob's Ladder
Author: Elizabeth Bear
Published December 26, 2007, by Spectra
ISBN-10: 055359107X
ISBN-13: 978-0553591071
Language: English
Length: 368 pages