Vor sechs Millionen Jahren gab es irgendwo im Universum hunderte von weiblichen und männlichen Klonen, den Shatterlings`. Auf ihren Reisen durch die Galaxien überlebten sie die Jahrhunderte und zahlreiche menschliche Reiche. Alle paar hundert Jahre treffen sich alle Shatterlings zum Gedankenaustausch wieder.

Informationen zum Autor Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. He stopped working as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency to become a full-time writer. REVELATION SPACE and PUSHING ICE were shortlisted for the ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD; REVELATION SPACE, ABSOLUTION GAP, DIAMOND DOGS and CENTURY RAIN were shortlisted for the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARD and CHASM CITY won the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARD. You can learn more by visiting www.alastairreynolds.com. Klappentext Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones. Sent out into the galaxy, they meet every two hundred thousand years, to exchange news and memories of their travels with their siblings. Campion and Purslane are late for their thirty-second reunion, and they get more than the scolding they expect. They face the discovery that someone has a very serious grudge against the Gentian line, and there is a very real possibility of traitors in their midst. The surviving shatterlings have to dodge exotic weapons while they regroup to try to solve the mystery of who is persecuting them, and why. Zusammenfassung A spectacular, large-scale space opera - the ultimate galaxy-spanning adventure.

Vorwort
A spectacular, large-scale space opera - the ultimate galaxy-spanning adventure.

Autorentext

Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. He stopped working as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency to become a full-time writer. REVELATION SPACE and PUSHING ICE were shortlisted for the ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD; REVELATION SPACE, ABSOLUTION GAP, DIAMOND DOGS and CENTURY RAIN were shortlisted for the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARD and CHASM CITY won the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARD.

You can learn more by visiting www.alastairreynolds.com.

Klappentext

Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones. Sent out into the galaxy, they meet every two hundred thousand years, to exchange news and memories of their travels with their siblings. Campion and Purslane are late for their thirty-second reunion, and they get more than the scolding they expect. They face the discovery that someone has a very serious grudge against the Gentian line, and there is a very real possibility of traitors in their midst. The surviving shatterlings have to dodge exotic weapons while they regroup to try to solve the mystery of who is persecuting them, and why.

Zusammenfassung
A spectacular, large-scale space opera - the ultimate galaxy-spanning adventure.