House of Suns Hardcover - 2009
by Alastair Reynolds
Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faringera, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into athousand male and female clones, which she calledshatterlings. She sent them out into the galaxy toobserve and document the rise and fall of countlesshuman empires. Since then, every two hundredthousand years, they gather to exchange news andmemories of their travels.
Only this millennium there is no gathering.Someone is eliminating the Gentian line. AndCampion and Purslane-two shatterlings who havefallen in love and shared forbidden experiences-must determine exactly who, or what, their enemyis, before they are wiped out of existence.
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- Title House of Suns
- Author Alastair Reynolds
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1St Edition
- Pages 473
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ace Books, U.S.A.
- Date 2009-06-02
- ISBN 9780441017171 / 0441017177
- Weight 1.51 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 8.92 x 6.6 x 1.56 in (22.66 x 16.76 x 3.96 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Life on other planets
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009075100
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
-Interzone
"A thrilling, mind- boggling adventure."
-The Times (UK)
"Reynolds's approach seems new, exciting, vibrant."
-SFX
"A sweeping, audacious slice of galactic-scale intrigue and subterfuge."
-Andromeda Spaceways
"Reynolds has once again created a galaxy-spanning, mind-boggling stage on which to set a gripping, thoughtful, intelligent drama."
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