Alastair Reynolds Revelation Space: The Best of the SF Masterworks* Science Fiction

Nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin.

For  the humans now settling the Amarantin homeworld, it’s of little more  than academic interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden,  almost perfect city and a colossal statue of a winged Amarantin.

For  brilliant, ruthless scientist Dan Sylveste, it’s more than merely  intellectual curiosity – and he will stop at nothing to get at the  truth. Even if it costs him everything.

But the Amarantin were wiped out for a reason, and that danger is closer and greater than even Syveste imagines . . .

The original novel in the epic series, Revelation Space was  nominated for both the BSFA and Arthur C. Clarke awards. Reynolds’ PhD  in astronomy and experience with the ESA means that his space operas  present hard science spins on intergalactic adventures and have impacted  SF for years.

‘The stories in the Revelation Space universe are packed with mind-expanding ideas . . . all of which keeps you coming back for more gripping excitement’ – Kirkus
‘Reynolds’s  vision of a future dominated by artificial intelligence trembles with  the ultimate cold of the dark between the stars’ – Publishers Weekly
‘Along with Iain M Banks, Reynolds is perhaps the most successful British Space Opera author of his generation’ – Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

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