Fallen Dragon

Peter F Hamilton

ISBN 10: 0316021830 / ISBN 13: 9780316021838

Published by Hachette Book Group USA Dez 2009, 2009

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Neuware - From science fiction master Peter F. Hamilton comes a standalone novel that is "a fascinating, compulsively readable clash of hardware and ideals", political intrigue, and space opera at its best (Kirkus Reviews (starred review)).In the distant future, corporations have become sustainable communities with their own militaries, and corporate goals have essentially replaced political ideology. On a youthful, rebellious impulse, Lawrence joined the military of a corporation that he now recognizes to be ruthless and exploitative. His only hope for escape is to earn enough money to buy his place in a better corporation.When his platoon is sent to a distant colony to quell a local resistance effort, it seems like a stroke of amazing fortune, and Lawrence plans to rob the colony of their fabled gemstone, the Fallen Dragon, to get the money he needs. However, he soon discovers that the Fallen Dragon is not a gemstone at all, but an alien life form that the local colonists have been protecting since it crashed in their area.Now, Lawrence must decide if he will steal the alien to exploit the use of its inherent biotechnical processes which far exceed anything humans are capable of or if he will help the Resistance get the alien home.'One of Hamilton's best.undeniably a page-turner.' --- Publishers Weekly (starred review)For more from Peter F. Hamilton, check out:The Night s Dawn TrilogyThe Reality DysfunctionThe Neutronium AlchemistThe Naked God.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fallen Dragon
• Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA Dez 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316021830
• ISBN 13: 9780316021838
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 209W x 174H x 36D millimeters 209 millimeters width by 174 millimeters height by 36 millimeters depth
• Weight: 658 grams

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Synopsis

From science fiction master Peter F. Hamilton comes a standalone novel that is “a fascinating, compulsively readable clash of hardware and ideals”, political intrigue, and space opera at its best (Kirkus Reviews (starred review)).
 
In the distant future, corporations have become sustainable communities with their own militaries, and corporate goals have essentially replaced political ideology. On a youthful, rebellious impulse, Lawrence joined the military of a corporation that he now recognizes to be ruthless and exploitative. His only hope for escape is to earn enough money to buy his place in a better corporation.

When his platoon is sent to a distant colony to quell a local resistance effort, it seems like a stroke of amazing fortune, and Lawrence plans to rob the colony of their fabled gemstone, the Fallen Dragon, to get the money he needs. However, he soon discovers that the Fallen Dragon is not a gemstone at all, but an alien life form that the local colonists have been protecting since it crashed in their area.
 
Now, Lawrence must decide if he will steal the alien to exploit the use of its inherent biotechnical processes — which far exceed anything humans are capable of — or if he will help the Resistance get the alien home.
 
"One of Hamilton's best...undeniably a page-turner." --- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
 
For more from Peter F. Hamilton, check out:
 
The Night’s Dawn Trilogy
The Reality Dysfunction
The Neutronium Alchemist
The Naked God

About the Author

Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland, England in 1960. He began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. He has also been published in Interzone and the In Dreams and New Worlds anthologies, and several small press publications. His first novel was Mindstar Rising, published in 1993, and he has been steadily productive since then. Peter lives near Rutland Water with his wife and two children.