by Alastair Reynolds (Author)
The Inhibitors are back and Humanity is doomed! Many, many millennia ago, the Inhibitors seeded the universe with machines designed to detect intelligent life - and then to suppress it. But after hundreds of millions of years, the machines started to fail and intelligent cultures started to emerge. Then Dr Dan Sylveste and the crew of Infinity discovered what had happened to the long-vanished Amarantin race ...and awakened the Inhibitors. On Yellowstone, where no one is quite who they appear, the Inquisitor and the planet's Most Wanted War Criminal are watching as the Inhibitors turn a small group of planets into raw materials. Whatever they are building with those materials is not going to be good for Humanity. Once again, Al Reynolds has produced a stunning, universe-spanning space opera of mind-blowing proportions. Big in size, big in concepts, REDEMPTION ARK will leave you gasping at its audacity and breathless at its conclusion. This is British SF at its absolute best.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 656
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 08 May 2003
ISBN 10: 0575073845
ISBN 13: 9780575073845
Book Overview: 'REDEMPTION ARK is a brilliant new addition to his REVELATIONS SPACE series. Reynolds' narrative detail is truly breathtaking in scope and intricate in detail, making him a mastersinger of the space opera. Compulsive reading.' THE TIMES REVELATION SPACE catapulted Reynolds to the very top of the genre. CHASM CITY confirmed him as one of the genre's hottest new megastars. A massive rights deal in the States has been followed by deals across Europe - Reynolds is an international success Superb widescreen hard SF adventure akin to Peter Hamilton and Iain Banks Critical raves from the word go Redemption Ark made SF SITE's reader's poll of the top 10 books of 2002. ABSOLUTION GAP, out in hardcover, concludes the story of the Inhibitors