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Revelation Space

by Alastair Reynolds

An ancient extinction becomes a present-day scientific mystery

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  • Critical praise

    Praised by Publishers Weekly as “a tour de force”

    Publishers Weekly praised the book as “a tour de force” and “ravishingly inventive.”

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An ancient extinction becomes a present-day scientific mystery

Nine hundred thousand years after the Amarantin civilization was annihilated on the threshold of spaceflight, scientist Dan Sylveste sets out to uncover what happened. His investigation draws him into an alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity, while a killer pursues him. The Amarantin mystery links distant history to a danger that could reach beyond the fate of one civilization: the source frames its solution as a possible alteration of the universe and reality itself. The novel’s science-fiction premise brings together archaeological inquiry, interstellar travel, and a threat whose origins lie deep in the past.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in hard science fiction and space opera.
  • Readers who enjoy stories built around ancient civilizations and scientific mysteries.
  • Readers seeking a space-spanning adventure with a past-to-present threat.

Themes

Ancient civilizationsScientific inquiryInterstellar travelThe nature of reality

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Book overview

This highly acclaimed first novel in the Revelation Space universe has redefined the space opera with a staggering journey across vast gulfs of time and space to confront the very nature of reality itself ...

"[A] tour de force ... Ravishingly inventive." --Publishers Weekly

Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself.

With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity. But as he closes in on the secret, a killer closes in on him. Because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason, and if that reason is uncovered, the universe and reality itself could be irrevocably altered ...
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