Publishing history
After publishing some short stories [6] Gary Gibson saw his first novel, Angel Stations, released in 2004 by Tor, [7] that was nominated in 2005 by the British Fantasy Society for the award for best novel of the year, [8] which was eventually won by Stephen King with The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower . [9]
He followed up the following year with Against Gravity, [10] also nominated by the British Fantasy Society for the award for best novel of the year, [8] won that year by Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys . [9]
In 2007 Gibson published Stealing Light, [11] the first novel of the trilogy The Shoal Sequence. The series introduced the characters of Dakota Merrick, Lucas Corso and the alien Trader-in-Faecal-Matter-of-Animals, a fish-like member of the Shoal race, who rule all inhabited space through their exclusive knowledge of the secret of faster-than-light travel. The novels involve a discovery regarding the origins of this technology. Stealing Light was followed in 2009 by Nova War, [12] in 2010 by Empire of Light, [13] and in 2013 by Marauder.
In 2011 Gibson published Final Days, [4] the first installment of "The Final Days" series. [14] And in 2012 Gibson published The Thousand Emperors, the second book in "The Final Days" series
In 2014 Gibson published Extinction Game, [15] the first installment of a new series. [16]
