'Compelling and innovative... Barry takes a story that has been
done countless times before and makes it seem original' - Daily
Mail She is the ultimate weapon. She once served us. Now she's got
her own plans. Once we approached the aliens in peace... and they
annihilated us. Now mankind has developed the ultimate killing
machine, the Providence class of spaceship. With the ships'
frightening speed, frightening intelligence and frightening
weaponry, it's now the salamanders' turn to be annihilated... in
their millions. The mismatched quartet of Talia, Gilly, Jolene and
Anders are the crew on one of these destroyers. But with the ship's
computers designed to outperform human decision-making in
practically all areas, they are virtual bystanders. The Providence
will take them to where the enemy are and she will dictate the
strategy in any battle. The crew's only job role is to publicise
their glorious war to a sceptical Earth. Social media and video
clips are THEIR weapons in an endless charm offensive. THEIR chief
enemy is not the space reptiles but each other, and boredom. But
then everything changes. A message comes from base: the Providence
is going into the Violet Zone, where there are no beacons and no
communications with Earth. It is the heart of the enemy empire -
and now the crew are left to wonder whether this is a mission of
ultimate destruction or, more sinisterly, of ultimate
self-destruction... PROVIDENCE is a dazzling, inventive, and
thought-provoking new novel from the author of Lexicon.
General
Imprint: |
Hodder & Stoughton
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2020 |
First published: |
2020 |
Authors: |
Max Barry
|
Dimensions: |
236 x 158 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5293-5203-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Science fiction
|
LSN: |
1-5293-5203-7 |
Barcode: |
9781529352030 |
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