000 02470nam a22001817a 4500
006 a|||||r|||| 00| 1
008 190306b xxu||||| |||| 00| 1 eng d
020 _a9781447290971
082 _aHAM
100 _aPeter F. Hamilton
_91991
245 _a The Abyss Beyond Dreams
260 _aLondon, United Kingdom
_bPan MacMillan
_cc2014
300 _a688 pages
_bPaperback
_c130 x 197 x 43mm | 500g
520 _aThe first volume in the Chronicles of the Fallers, The Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter F. Hamilton, is an exceptional novel exploring the mystery at the heart of the Commonwealth Universe. Fitting between the events of the Commonwealth Saga and the Void Trilogy, The Abyss Beyond Dreams is the first in an expansive duology, from the master of space opera. To save their civilization he must destroy it . . . When images of a lost civilization are 'dreamed' by a self-proclaimed prophet of the age, Nigel Sheldon, inventor of wormhole technology and creator of the Commonwealth society, is asked to investigate. Especially as the dreams seem to be coming from the Void - a mysterious area of living space monitored and controlled because of its hugely destructive capabilities. With it being the greatest threat to the known universe, Nigel is committed to finding out what really lies within the Void and if there's any truth to the visions they've received. Does human life really exist inside its boundary? But when Nigel crash lands inside the Void, on a planet he didn't even know existed, he finds so much more than he expected. Bienvenido: a world populated by the ancestors of survivors from Commonwealth colony ships that disappeared centuries ago. Since then they've been fighting an increasingly desperate battle against the Fallers, a space-born predator artificially evolved to conquer worlds. Their sole purpose is to commit genocide against every species they encounter. With their powerful telepathic lure - that tempts any who stray across their path to a slow and painful death - they are by far the greatest threat to humanity's continued existence on this planet. But Nigel soon realizes that the Fallers also hold the key to something he'd never hoped to find - the destruction of the Void itself. If only he can survive long enough to work out how to use it . . .
_dScience Fiction / Fantasy
655 _GScience Fiction
_dScience Fiction
_aScience Fiction
655 _GFantasy
_dFantasy
_aFantasy
942 _2ddc
_cBK
_01
999 _c80570
_d80570