Description
| Product ID: | 9781509868575 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Commonwealth Saga |
| Title: | Pandora's Star |
| Authors: | Author: Peter F. Hamilton |
| Page Count: | 1152 |
| Subjects: | Science fiction, Science fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Beyond the edges of inhabited space, the lights from a star go out. We desperately want to know why - but some mysteries weren't meant to be explored. Thrilling space opera from a science fiction master at work. <p><b><i>Pandora's Star </i>is the first part of Peter F. Hamilton's epic Commonwealth Saga duology </b>–<b> a fantastic galaxy-spanning novel from the master of space opera. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Alastair Reynolds.</b><br><br><b>At the edge of the galaxy something awakens </b>–<b> and it's coming for us . . .</b><br><br>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. Yet who <b>–</b> or what <b>–</b> has that sort of technology? And what could this mean for us? Only a faster-than-light starship, captained by ex-NASA astronaut Wilson Kime, can reach that distance to investigate.<br><br>For Wilson, getting inside the force field could be easy. It may be harder to stop something else from getting out.<br><br>What if there was a very good reason to seal off an entire star system?<br><br><b>The Commonwealth Saga duology concludes with <i>Judas Unchained</i>.</b><br><br><b>'The best book Hamilton has written in years' - <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>'Anyone who begins this won’t be able to put it down' - <i>Publishers Weekly</i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-08-20 |