Evolutionary Void - Softcover

Peter F. Hamilton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330534602 ISBN 13: 9780330534604

Publisher: Pan MacMillan Paperback Omes, 2011

Synopsis

Peter F. Hamilton's startling perspectives on tomorrow's technological and cultural trends span vast tracts of space and time, his stories are as compelling as they are epic in scope, and yet they are always grounded in characters - human, alien and other - who, for all their strangeness, still touch our hearts and fire our imaginations. Now, in The Evolutionary Void, Hamilton concludes the highly acclaimed, bestselling Void Trilogy that has unfolded in The Dreaming Void and The Temporal Void. Millions of Leaving Dream pilgrims are on board their immense ultra-drive ships, heading towards - and into - the Void at the heart of the galaxy. There they expect to live perfect lives in a perfectable world, but the cost of this perfection could not be greater. Among those who will do anything and everything to prevent the pilgrims entering the Void is the genius recluse Ozzie, who's not quite the man he used to be - if he's a man at all; Gore Burnelli, the oldest and most influential human being alive; the Delivery Man, a one-time faction agent with devastating firepower at his disposal; and the legendary Paula Myo, the Commonwealth's ruthless, unstoppable field operative. They must succeed if the galaxy is to survive and, needless to say, time is running out . . . This is epic SF at its very best. The Evolutionary Void will leave no one in doubt as to why Peter F. Hamilton is Britain's number one bestselling SF novelist.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960, and still lives near Rutland Water. His previous novels include the Greg Mandel series and the bestselling and groundbreaking Night's Dawn Trilogy. His most recent novels are Pandora's Star (2004) and Judas Unchained (2005) -- which constitute the Commonwealth Saga -- and The Dreaming Void (2007), and The Temporal Void (2008) the first two novels in the Void trilogy, of which The Evolutionary Void is the concluding volume.

From Booklist:

As the story of the Void draws to a close, Hamilton takes up an extraordinary number of threads. Araminta, who has evaded pursuit thus far, comes back from the Silfen paths with a risky plan. Earth, and therefore ANA, is trapped behind a force field. Ilanthe, aims to fuse with the Void and create her own twisted utopia. Gore Burnelli and the Delivery Man seek out the Anomine’s means of transcendence. Edeard, in Inigo’s dreams, finally gets it right, and Querencia is fulfilled. Inigo and Araminta are finally brought together at the Spike. Inigo at last reveals his final dream, of Querencia after Edeard’s ascension. Paula Myo and the Cat finally square off in an epic battle. While Living Dream adherents plan their pilgrimage, others—including the Raiel—plan their flight from this galaxy, and some will fight to the very end. Eventually, the scattered threads join in the Heart of the Void, where the truth about Makkrathan’s origins and the Void itself is revealed. It’s an altogether satisfying conclusion to the epic, and one of Hamilton’s strongest outings yet: a spectacular space opera. --Regina Schroeder

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan MacMillan Paperback Omes
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0330534602
• ISBN 13: 9780330534604
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256