Revelation Space #04: Absolution Gap

Revelation Space #04: Absolution Gap
Alastair Reynolds
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h198 x 129mm - 704pg
11 Dec 2008 UK
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9780575083165
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Humanity has endured centuries of horrific plague and a particularly brutal interstellar war: you might think it's time for a few decades of peace and quiet. No such luck: for now there is a new threat, one that could mean extinction for the entire species. Stirred from aeons of sleep, the Inhibitors - ancient alien killing machines - have begun the process of ridding the galaxy of its latest 'emergent' intelligence. Fleeing the first wave of the machines, a ragtag group of refugees headed by the war veteran Clavain waits anxiously for the next phase of the cull. But with Clavain sunk deep in despondency, the actual leadership falls to Scorpio, the product of a flawed experiment in genetic engineering. Though Scorpio has every reason to hate humanity, he believes he has put his grudges - along with his criminal past - behind him. Then an unexpected new element enters the colony: an avenging angel, a girl born in ice, gifted with both the power to lead humanity to safety and the ability to draw down mankind's darkest enemy. Unwilling to resist her charismatic leadership - for now - Scorpio watches as his people are led towards Haldora, an apparently insignificant moon light-years away. On Hela, where vast travelling cathedrals circle the world in endless procession, the witnessing of a miraculous event has given birth to an apocalyptic new religion. And as the cathedrals crawl towards the treacherous fissure known as Absolution Gap, a dark and unsettling truth becomes apparent: to beat one enemy, it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much, much worse'

#01: Revelation Space
#02: Chasm City
#03: Redemption Ark
#04: Absolution Gap
#05: Inhibitor Phase

"A terrific treat...rendered with the authentic voice of a working scientist. Ferociously intelligent and imbued with a chilling logic--it may really be like this Out There."
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 as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency. The first three books in his loosely linked series, Revelation Space, nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke and the British Science Fiction awards, Chasm City, winner of the British Science Fiction Award, and Redemprion Ark, are all Gollancz bestsellers.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780575083165
Published: 11 Dec 2008
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Gollancz
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 704
Dewey: 823.92

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