Salvation - Salvation Sequence 1

Zusatztext Peter F. Hamilton just keeps getting better and better with each book, more assured and more craftsmanly adroit, and more inventive . . . In short, Hamilton is juggling chainsaws while simultaneously doing needlepoint over a shark tank. It’s a virtuoso treat , and I for one can hardly wait for Salvation Lost Informationen zum Autor Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960. He began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to FEAR Magazine in 1988. He has written many bestselling novels, including the Greg Mandel series, the Night’s Dawn trilogy, the Commonwealth Saga, the Void trilogy, the Chronicle of the Fallers and the Salvation Sequence, as well as short-story collections and several standalone titles, including Fallen Dragon and Great North Road . Klappentext KNOW YOUR ENEMY OR BE DEFEATED A wrecked alien spacecraft is found on a newly discovered world. And it carries a cargo as strange as it is horrifying. Security Director Feriton Kayne assembles a high-powered team to assess the threat, and it's dispatched in secret. But one of the group is hiding something, and this voyage will change everything. Back on Earth, humanity can extend lifespans indefinitely, travel to the stars via portal technology and even make deserts bloom. We seem invulnerable. So when the alien Olyix contacted us, years earlier, we welcomed them. They needed fuel for their pilgrimage across the galaxy, and helped us in exchange. But will they prove a blessing - or a curse? 'A twisty and hugely satisfying SF thriller that opens a portal on a new and exciting series' Alastair Reynolds 'A promising start to an ambitious new series. Science fiction is in excellent hands' Justina Robson 'A vast, intricate sci-fi showstopper . . . the journey grips as hard as the reveal' Daily Mail Vorwort Peter F. Hamilton has produced something extraordinary with this amazing opening volume of a mind-blowing trilogy. In the future, human lifespans have been extended indefinitely and Earth is a comparative paradise. But it’s about to go so wrong . . . Zusammenfassung In the future, human lifespans have been extended indefinitely and Earth is a comparative paradise. But something is about to go terribly, terribly wrong. An astonishing trilogy begins with Salvation....

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Peter F Hamilton, Peter F. Hamilton, Hamilton Peter F, Hamilton Peter F.
• Verlag: Pan Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781447281344
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-8134-4
• Seiten: 531
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 197 mm x 33 mm
• Serien: The Salvation Sequence; Die Salvation-Saga; The Salvation Sequence; Die Salvation-Saga; Salvation-Saga / Salvation Sequence / Trilogy; Die Salvation-Saga / Salvation Sequence / Trilogy
• Themen: Belletristik > Science Fiction, Fantasy; Belletristik > Science Fiction, Fantasy > Science Fiction; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Adventure fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Space, planets and extraterrestrial locations, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Father’s Day, Father?s Day, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world