revelation space series alastair reynolds

On Hela, where vast travelling cathedrals circle the world in endless procession, the witnessing of a miraculous event has given birth to an apocalyptic new religion. Then comes an unexpected new element: a girl born in ice, gifted with both the power to lead humanity to safety and the ability to draw down mankind's darkest enemy. Though Scorpio has every reason to hate humanity, he believes he has put his grudges - along with his criminal past - behind him. A ragtag group of refugees flees the first wave of machines, but with their leader, the war hero Clavain, sunk deep in despondency, the actual leadership falls to Scorpio, the product of a flawed experiment in genetic engineering. Stirred from aeons of sleep, the Inhibitors, ancient alien killing machines, are intent on ridding the galaxy of its latest emergent intelligence. No such luck: there is a new threat, which could mean extinction for the entire species. Humanity has endured centuries of plague and a brutal inter-stellar war: it's time for some peace and quiet. 1st printing of 2004 edition:- Synopsis: Desperate times call for desperate measures. © 2003: 4th in the 'Revelation Space' series of books. Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. It is a joy' - John Clute, scifi_com:- (original cost £6.99). Come to Chasm City, and embark on a mind-bending ride through Alastair Reynolds' wild universe:- Review(s): 'One of the most important and exciting books of the year' - sfrevu_com / 'The best thing Reynolds has done.

And before the chase is done, Tanner will have to confront disturbing truths, not only about his own past, but about Chasm City itself: truths which reach back centuries, towards deep space and an atrocity history barely remembers. Now the city is a place of steam-driven machines, shadowy factions and deadly new games. But Chasm City isn't what it used to be: the one-time high-tech Utopia has become a dark, Gothic nightmare, victim of a nanotechnological virus which has corrupted the city's inhabitants as thoroughly as it has the buildings. There he descends into Chasm City, the domed human settlement on the otherwise inhospitable planet Yellowstone. Tanner's pursuit of Reivich takes him away from his homeworld, across light-years of space, to the Epsilon Eridani system. Until the day a woman in her care was blown away during an attack by a vengeful young postmortal named Argent Reivich. 3rd printing of 2001 edition:- Synopsis: Tanner Mirabel was a security specialist who never made a mistake. © 2001: 2nd in the 'Revelation Space' series of books.

Revelation space series alastair reynolds