Hidden Empire: The Saga of Seven Suns - Book #1 - Softcover

Anderson, Kevin J.

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9780446616782: Hidden Empire: The Saga of Seven Suns - Book #1

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ISBN 10: 0446616788 ISBN 13: 9780446616782

Publisher: Aspect, 2005

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* The Enemy Unknown * Having colonized the worlds of the spiral arm, mankind's three branches-the Terran Hansa, starship-dwelling Roamers, and telepathic Green Priests-are certain the galaxy is theirs for the taking. But when scientists successfully test a device that transforms gas giant planets into new suns, humanity soon discovers the brutal, horrifying price of arrogance in deep space. For Jovian planets are the homeworlds of an undreamt-of alien species, the hydrogues. Infinitely advanced, supremely powerful, and now the victims of accidental genocide, the hydrogues don't seek apologies or reparations. Instead, incredible armadas of invincible, city-sized warships suddenly emerge from the galaxy's billions of gaseous worlds with a single mission-to annihilate every last human being in the universe...

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About the Author:

Kevin J. Anderson has over 15 million books in print in 27 languages worldwide. He is the author of the X-Files novels Ground Zero, Ruins, and Antibodies, as well as the Jedi Academy trilogy of Star Wars novels - the three bestselling SF novels of 1994. He is also writing the international bestselling prequels to Frank Herbert's monumental Dune series, with Frank's son, Brian Herbert. He has won, or been nominated for, the Nebula Award, Bram Stoker Award, Reader's Choice Award from the Science Fiction Book Club, and many others.

From Publishers Weekly:

In this stellar launch of a new series, bestseller Anderson (Dune spinoffs with Brian Herbert; X-Files and Star Wars books) delivers action, engaging characters and credible fantastic worlds in spades or ekti, the fuel vital for spaceships in the year 2427. The Terran Hanseatic League, in a heady rush of manifest destiny, turns Oncier, a huge gas planet, into a sun so its four moons can be used for colonization. In the process, the Terrans disturb the ancient but dwindling Ildirans, their uneasy allies, whose leader, the Mage-Imperator, suspects that Terrans are far too eager to take over the spiral arm. Still worse, by inadvertently destroying Oncier's hitherto unknown colonists, the powerful hydrogues, the conversion of Oncier sets off a catastrophic conflict that threatens the existence of all Terrans and Ildirans. The Earth Defense Forces of the Terran Hanseatic League, the Worldtrees and Green Priests of Theroc, the gypsy Roamers who mine ekti all must unite with the Ildirans to fight the alien menace. Book one sizzles with a fast-moving plot woven tightly with vivid characterizations: the space cowboys Jess, Ross and Tasia Tamblyn; the exotic Ildirans; the grotesque Mage-Imperator and his handsome Prime Designate son, Jora'h; Beneto Theron, his clan and the bewitching Nira Khali; the appealing and not-so-appealing humans, Raymond/Peter and Chairman Basil Wenceslas; and many others, all conspiring to make this fascinating future epic one not to be missed.
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