Revelation Space

Revelation Space

By Alastair Reynolds

Pages

585

Rating

3.99

Year

2000

Science Fiction FantasySpace OperaHard Science FictionScience FictionFictionSpace

Description

Nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin.

For the humans now settling the Amarantin homeworld, it's of little more than academic interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden, almost perfect city and a colossal statue of a winged Amarantin.

For brilliant, ruthless scientist Dan Sylveste, it's more than merely intellectual curiosity — and he will stop at nothing to get at the truth. Even if it costs him everything.

But the Amarantin were wiped out for a reason, and that danger is closer and greater than even Sylveste imagines...

Endorsements

Revelation Space was nominated for both the BSFA and Arthur C. Clarke awards.

Reynolds's PhD in astronomy and experience with the ESA inform his hard-science approach to space opera.

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