Name: Salvation/Peter F. Hamilton
Brand: Del Rey Books
Price: 65.99 RON
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Description Humanity's complex relationship with technology spirals out of control in this first book of an all-new series from "the owner of the most powerful imagination in science fiction" (Ken Follett). "How far 'space opera' has come The Old Masters of sci-fi would admire the scope and sweep of Salvation ." -- The Wall Street Journal In the year 2204, humanity is expanding into the wider galaxy in leaps and bounds. Cutting-edge technology of linked jump gates has rendered most forms of transportation--including starships--virtually obsolete. Every place on Earth, every distant planet humankind has settled, is now merely a step away from any other. All seems wonderful--until a crashed alien spaceship of unknown origin is found on a newly located world eighty-nine light-years from Earth, carrying a cargo as strange as it is horrifying. To assess the potential of the threat, a high-powered team is dispatched to investigate. But one of them may not be all they seem. . . . Bursting with tension and big ideas, Peter F. Hamilton's Salvation is the first book of an all-new series that highlights the inventiveness of an author at the top of his game. Praise for Salvation " A] vast, intricate sci-fi showstopper . . . The journey grips just as hard as the reveal." -- Daily Mail (U.K.) "Exciting, wildly imaginative and quite possibly Hamilton's best book to date." -- SFX "Dynamic, multifaceted characters, strong mind-expanding concepts, and impressive flair for language make Salvati