Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga) - Softcover

Hamilton, Peter F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447279662 ISBN 13: 9781447279662

Verlag: Pan Books, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

The first part of the epic Commonwealth Saga, Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton is a fantastic galaxy-spanning novel from the master of space opera.Earth AD 2329: Humanity has colonized over four hundred planets, all interlinked by wormholes. For the first time in mankind's history there is peace.Then a star over a thousand light years away suddenly vanishes, imprisoned inside a force field of immense size.Only a faster-than-light starship, captained by ex-NASA astronaut Wilson Kime, can reach that distance to investigate.But there was a good reason for sealing off an entire star system., And getting in may not be as difficult as stopping something from getting out . . .The Commonwealth Saga concludes with Judas Unchained.

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The first instalment in Peter F. Hamilton's epic Commonwealth Saga

It is AD 2329 and humanity has colonized over four hundred planets, all interlinked by wormholes. With Earth at its centre, the Intersolar Commonwealth has grown into a quiet, wealthy society, where rejuvenation allows its citizens to live for centuries.

When astronomer Dudley Bose observes a star over a thousand light years away vanish, imprisoned inside a force field of immense size, the Commonwealth is anxious to investigate what actually happened. As conventional wormholes can't reach that far, they must build the first faster-than-light starship. Captained by Wilson Kime, an ex-NASA astronaut a little too eager to relive his glory days, the Second Chance sets off on its historic voyage of discovery.

But someone or something out there must have had a very good reason for sealing off an entire star system. And if the Second Chance does manage to find a way in, what might then be let out?

'Anyone who begins this won't be able to put it down . . . Hamilton proves that "intelligent space opera" isn't an oxymoron'
Publishers Weekly

'Compelling'
SFX

Biografía del autor:

Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960 and still lives in that county. 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, short story collections and several standalone novels.

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• Verlag: Pan Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1447279662
• ISBN 13: 9781447279662
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1168