A Deepness in the Sky

Name: A Deepness in the Sky
Author: Vernor Vinge

By Vernor Vinge

Zones Of Thought Series

Pages

775

Rating

4.31

Year

1999

Science Fiction Fantasy Space Opera Aliens Science Fiction Fiction Speculative Fiction

Description

The prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstellar trading fleet of the Queng Ho. The Queng Ho and the Emergents are orbiting the dormant planet Arachna, which is about to wake up to technology, but the Emergents' plans are sinister.