Maybe the Q team has a Dan Simmons fan...
That’s exceptionaly well written science fiction. I don’t typically gravitate to science fiction, but have read the first 3 books of that cantos. He also wrote The Terror, a fictional account of the Franklin expedition and their ships HMS Erebus and Terror. Good stuff. His book Droid is ok, but would avoid his book about the abominable snowman. Can’t even remember the name and not worth looking up.