Part SF thriller, part interstellar adventure, part noir crime,
CENTURY RAIN is as astonishing bestseller from Alastair Reynolds
Three hundred years in the future, Verity Auger is a specialist in
the archaeological exploration of Earth, rendered uninhabitable
after the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. After a
field-trip goes badly wrong, Verity is forced to redeem herself by
participating in a dangerous mission, for which her expertise in
invaluable. Using a back door into an unstable alien transit
system, Auger's faction has discovered something astonishing at the
far end of a wormhole: mid twentieth-century Earth, preserved like
a fly in amber. Is it a window into the past, a simulation, or
something else entirely? CENTURY RAIN is a jaw-droppingly good SF
thriller, packed with pace, adventure, brilliant storytelling and
with twists that will keep you guessing to the end.
General
Imprint: |
Gollancz
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2008 |
Authors: |
Alastair Reynolds
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Dimensions: |
197 x 129 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
Pages: |
534 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-575-08249-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Science fiction
|
LSN: |
0-575-08249-6 |
Barcode: |
9780575082496 |
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