Peter F Hamilton
1) Salvation
Author
Series
Salvation sequence volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In 2204, humanity is expanding into the wider galaxy in leaps and bounds. Cutting-edge technology of linked jump gates has rendered most forms of transportation--including starships--virtually obsolete. Every place on earth, every distant planet humankind has settled, is now merely a step away from any other. And all seems wonderful--until a crashed alien spaceship of unknown origin is found on a newly-located world eighty-nine light years from Earth,...
Author
Series
Salvation sequence volume 2
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The comparative utopia of twenty-third century Earth is about to go dreadfully awry when a seemingly benign alien race is abruptly revealed to be one of the worst threats humanity has ever faced. Driven by an intense religious extremism, the Olyix are determined to bring everyone to their version of god as they see it. But they may have met their match in humanity, who are not about to go gently into that good night or spend the rest of their days...
Author
Series
Salvation sequence volume 3
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The survivors of a human race under attack by hostile aliens who would claim the planet for an apocalyptic deity orchestrate a defensive strategy millennia in the making.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In the distant future, corporations have become sustainable communities with their own militaries, and corporate goals have essentially replaced political ideology. On a youthful, rebellious impulse, Lawrence joined the military of a corporation that he now recognizes to be ruthless and exploitative. His only hope for escape is to earn enough money to buy his place in a better corporation. When his platoon is sent to a distant colony to quell a local...
Author
Series
Commonwealth saga volume 1
Publisher
Tantor
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The year is 2380. At the farthest edge of the Intersolar Commonwealth, astronomer Dudley Bose observes the impossible: Over 1,000 light-years away, a star vanishes. Since the location is too distant to reach by wormhole, a faster-than-light starship, the Second Chance with ex-NASA pilot, Wilson Kime, is dispatched to learn what has occurred and whether it represents a threat. Opposed to the mission is Bradley Johansson, and the Guardians of Selfhood,...