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Absolution Gap

By Alastair Reynolds

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| Paperback | 9780575075573

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Mankind has endured centuries of horrific plague and a particularly brutal interstellar war . . . but there is still no time for peace and quiet. Stirred from aeons of sleep, the Inhibitors - ancient alien killing machines - have begun the process of ridding the galaxy of its latest emergent inteContinue

Mankind has endured centuries of horrific plague and a particularly brutal interstellar war . . . but there is still no time for peace and quiet. Stirred from aeons of sleep, the Inhibitors - ancient alien killing machines - have begun the process of ridding the galaxy of its latest emergent intelligence: mankind. As a ragtag bag of refugees fleeing the first wave of the cull head towards an apparently insignificant moon light-years away, they discover an avenging angel, a girl born in ice. She has the power to lead mankind to safety, and the ability to draw down their darkest enemy. And on a planet where vast travelling cathedrals crawl towards the treacherous fissure known as Absolution Gap, an unsettling truth becomes apparent: to beat one enemy, it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much, much worse . . . With his first novel Reynolds laid the foundations of a galaxy-spanning future for mankind; with each novel he takes us further into that galaxy, revealing another aspect of a future that has few boundaries. This is the creation of a uniquely talented writer who is making a massive impact on world SF.

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  • The Best Reviews: Alastair Reynolds, Absolution Gap

    "Epic SF at its' best" Over two decades ago Clavain, Scorpio and refugees landed on the Pattern Juggler world of Ararat. Over time Clavain and Scorpio led the development of a thriving community. However, in the past half a year, Clavain has become i ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

  • Absolution Gap

    Twenty years have passed since the events of Redemption Ark, and Clavain, Scorpio and several thousand refugees from Resurgam are still camped out on the oceanic world of Ararat. Meanwhile the Inhibitors have continued their advance across human spac ... (read full critics)

    infinityplus published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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    Book 4 in the Inhibitor universe sequence.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 672 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0575075570
  • ISBN-13: 9780575075573
  • Publisher: Victor Gollancz
  • Pub date: May 13, 2004
  • Dimensions: 1161 mm x 839 mm x 323 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook
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