Poseidon's Wake
$56.96
- Paperback
608 pages
- Release Date
14 June 2016
Summary
MANKIND HAS REACHED THE STARS.
Two hundred years after the fall of Mechanism, human society has achieved a kind of stability. There are colonies beneath the oceans, throughout the solar system, and beyond: on extrasolar planets. Vast hemi-relativistic ships connect these colonies, travelling at half the speed of light. Or rather they would, if the ominous presence of the alien Watchkeepers had not led to an enforced moratorium on interstellar travel.
But when a seemin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780575090514 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0575090510 |
| Author: | Alastair Reynolds |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Release Date: | 14 June 2016 |
| Weight: | 446g |
| Dimensions: | 205mm x 173mm x 37mm |
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It’s rare to find a writer with sufficient nerve and stamina to write novels that are big enough to justify using words like “revelation” and “redemption”. Reynolds pulls it off - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A mastersinger of the Space Opera - THE TIMESA well-paced, complex story replete with intrigue, invention and an optimism uncommon in contemporary SF - The GuardianAbout The Author
Alastair Reynolds
Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. He stopped working as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency to become a full-time writer. REVELATION SPACE, PUSHING ICE and HOUSE OF SUNS were shortlisted for the ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD; REVELATION SPACE, ABSOLUTION GAP, DIAMOND DOGS and CENTURY RAIN were shortlisted for the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARD and CHASM CITY won the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARD.
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