Book description
The ancient menace has finally escaped from Lalonde, shattering the
Confederation's peaceful existence. Those who succumbed to it have
acquired godlike powers, but now follow a far from divine gospel as they
advance inexorably from world to world. On planets and asteroids
individuals battle for survival against the strange and brutal forces
unleashed upon the universe. Governments teeter on the brink of anarchy,
the Confederation Navy is dangerously overstretched, and a dark messiah
prepares to invoke his own version of the final Night. In such desperate
times the last thing the galaxy needs is a new and terrifyingly powerful
weapon. Yet Dr Alkad Mzu is determined to retrieve the Alchemist - so
she can complete her thirty-year-old vendetta to slay a star. Which
means Joshua Calvert has to find Dr Mzu and bring her back before the
Alchemist can be reactivated. But he's not alone in the chase, and there
are people on both sides who have their own ideas about how to sue the
ultimate doomsday device. 'Hamilton puts Britain sci-fi back into
interstellar overdrive.' The Times 'Space opera has rarely been dealt
with in such majesty... inventive, ambitious, and, like the greatest of
tumbling acts, leaves you giddy for more.' Daily Express
Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960, and still lives near
Rutland Water. His previous novels are the Greg Mandel series and the
bestselling 'Night's Dawn' trilogy: The Reality Dysfunction, The
Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God. Also published by Macmillan
(and Pan) is A Second Chance at Eden, a novella and six short stories,
and The Confederation Handbook, a vital guide to the 'Night's Dawn'
trilogy. His most recent novels were Fallen Dragon, Misspent Youth and
Pandora's Star.
