Absolution Gap (Gollancz S.F.)

Absolution Gap (Gollancz S.F.)

by Alastair Reynolds (Author)

Synopsis

Mankind has endured centuries of horrific plague and a particularly brutal interstellar war ...but there is still no time for peace and quiet. Stirred from aeons of sleep, the Inhibitors - ancient alien killing machines - have begun the process of ridding the galaxy of its latest emergent intelligence: mankind. As a ragtag bag of refugees fleeing the first wave of the cull head towards an apparently insignificant moon light-years away, they discover an avenging angel, a girl born in ice. She has the power to lead mankind to safety, and the ability to draw down their darkest enemy. And on a planet where vast travelling cathedrals crawl towards the treacherous fissure known as Absolution Gap, an unsettling truth becomes apparent: to beat one enemy, it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much, much worse ...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 672
Edition: paperback / softback
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 13 May 2004

ISBN 10: 0575075570
ISBN 13: 9780575075573
Book Overview: The final part in The Inhibitors trilogy that started with REVELATION SPACE REVELATION SPACE has sold more than 80,000 copies in paperback REVELATION SPACE and CHASM CITY were nominated for the Arthur C Clarke Award; Chasm City won the British Science Fiction Award Immense critical acclaim: 'Reynolds's narrative is truly breathtaking in scope and intricate in detail, making him a mastersinger of the space opera' THE TIMES 'Space opera doesn't get any better. Both a triumphant conclusion to Reynolds' Inhibitors trilogy and his best novel to date' DREAMWATCH 'One of Britain's hottest young authors' SFREVU.COM 'The span here is mind-boggling ... a breathtaking journey' GOOD BOOK GUIDE American sale for REVELATION SPACE and CHASM CITY highest ever for first British SF novels REDEMPTION ARK made SF SITE's reader's poll of the top 10 books of 2002. 'Alastair Reynolds occupies the same frenzied imaginative space as Philip K. Dick or A.E. Van Vogt; that he occupies it as a working scientist is what makes it so exciting' M. John Harrison in the GUARDIAN

Author Bio
Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. Since 1991 he has lived in the Netherlands, near Leiden, where he works part-time as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency.