Century Rain
Author | : Alastair Reynolds |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2009-12-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780575087682 |
ISBN-13 | : 0575087684 |
Rating | : 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Download or read book Century Rain written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-12-10 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part SF thriller, part interstellar adventure, part noir crime, CENTURY RAIN is as astonishing bestseller from Alastair Reynolds Three hundred years in the future, Verity Auger is a specialist in the archaeological exploration of Earth, rendered uninhabitable after the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. After a field-trip goes badly wrong, Verity is forced to redeem herself by participating in a dangerous mission, for which her expertise in invaluable. Using a back door into an unstable alien transit system, Auger's faction has discovered something astonishing at the far end of a wormhole: mid twentieth-century Earth, preserved like a fly in amber. Is it a window into the past, a simulation, or something else entirely? CENTURY RAIN is a jaw-droppingly good SF thriller, packed with pace, adventure, brilliant storytelling and with twists that will keep you guessing to the end.