Book description
SONNIE'S EDGE. The popular sport of 'beastie-baiting' involves contests
to the death between artificial monsters controlled via human affinity
bonds. Sonnie's team is particularly successful... but then her monster,
'Khanivore', has one special advantage. A SECOND CHANCE AT EDEN. A bitek
habitat which orbits Jupiter, mining the fusion fuel on which Earth is
dependent, Eden is a mini-nation of radical politics -- and even more
radical technology. Then its creator is murdered in full view of the
whole population, but nobody can identify the perpetrator -- or the
motive. NEW DAYS OLD TIMES. Settlers came to the planet Nyvan hoping for
a lifestyle free of Earthbound hatreds. Alas, though environments may
change, human nature does not. CANDY BUDS. The crime-lord Laurus rules
Kariwak with an iron fist, jealously guarding control of the bitek
trade. But when an astonishing new substance appears on the streets,
virtual reality takes on an entirely new dimension. DEATHDAY. On a
desolate planet, a man wages an obsessive campaign of retribution
against the last survivor of an alien race. But vengeance can cut both
ways. THE LIVES AND LOVES OF TIARELLA ROSA. A passion that spans two
generations of women... and endures beyond. ESCAPE ROUTE. The starship
LADY MACBETH encounters a long-abandoned alien spacecraft, with its
escape route still intact -- but leading where? And is the craft as
empty as it seems?
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.
