The Caryatids is a science fiction novel by American writer Bruce Sterling, published in 2009. It tells the tale of the four Mihajlovic "sisters", clones of the widow of a Balkan warlord now exiled to an orbital space station. From the viewpoint of a "Dispensation" entrepreneur from Los Angeles, the sisters, raised in an environment of ubiquitous computing, may succeed in rescuing the Earth from environmental collapse (see environmental degradation, ecological collapse, pollution, and other related concepts) in the year 2065.

The Caryatids

First edition
Author	Bruce Sterling
Cover artist	David Stevenson and Raphael Lacoste
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Del Rey Books
Publication date	February 2009
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	304
ISBN	978-0-345-46062-2
OCLC	232129415
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 22
LC Class	PS3569.T3876 C37 2009

The novel's locations include the Croatian island of Mljet, a Los Angeles threatened by a supervolcano, and the wastes of Central Asia.