The Ship has travelled the universe for longer than any of the near-immortal crew can recall, its true purpose and origins unknown. It is larger than many planets, housing thousands of alien races and just as many secrets. Now one of those secrets has been discovered: at the centre of the Ship is ...a planet. Marrow. But when a team of the Ship's best and brightest are sent down to investigate, will they return with the origins of the Ship - or will they bring doom to everyone on board? 'MARROW is an extraordinary and extraordinarily intelligent novel stuffed with wonder and wit ...should elevate him to the ranks of the very best writers of the genre' INTERZONE For more information on this and other Orbit books, visit the website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk
罗伯特•里德，1956年出生于美国内布拉斯加州奥马哈市，美国著名科幻作家，美国科幻与奇幻作家协会会员。
他从1986年开始创作科幻小说，1987年获约翰•坎贝尔纪念奖最佳新人提名，至今已在各种杂志发表超过200篇的短篇和中篇小说，出版了12部长篇小说和3部选集。他的《亿万个世界》曾获2007年雨果奖最佳中篇小说奖。