I can’t get over how wonderful this cover by Pei Yuan Li is, and I was very excited to see Inanna’s announcement today so I can finally share this with you:
Aether and Ego is a steampunk-in-space retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice with clockwork conveyances, greenhouses, and gravity-based shenanigans. Details and pre-ordering options here.
Want a signed copy? If you’re in Canada, you can get signed copies by ordering from Bookmark. If in the US, order from Bookshop.org and then email me your mailing address (to joannemerriam at gmail) so I can send you a signed bookplate. For pre-orders only! (I get a tiny affiliate payment from Bookshop which will go to printing and postage.)
In case you can’t read that screencap, they say:
We’re thrilled to reveal the cover for AETHER AND EGO by Joanne Merriam @joanne.merriam
It is autumn 1845, and Elizabeth Bennet is a part of the second generation embarking on a centuries-long flight to Alpha Centauri, working in the signal room and studying engineering aboard a massive centrifugal ship. When she is thrown into the orbit of the conventional Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth finds him haughty and intolerable.
But then her younger sister elopes. For all of their progress in the new society of the ship, a woman can still be ruined by an imprudent attachment. Can Elizabeth and Darcy save Lydia’s reputation, learn to like each other, and avoid being convicted of murder?
Aether and Ego is a steampunk retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, with the addition of space travel, dogs, and accidental death.
Preorder your copy today, link in bio.
Releases September 2026Cover Designer: @plumtree.jpg
