Peter F. Hamilton
1) Light Chaser
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In Peter F. Hamilton and Gareth L. Powell's action-packed sci-fi adventure Light Chaser, a love powerful enough to transcend death can bring down an entire empire.
Amahle is a Light Chaser, one of a number of explorers, who travel the universe alone (except for their onboard AI), trading trinkets for life stories. But, when she listens to the stories sent down through the ages she hears the same voice talking directly to her from different times...
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Void trilogy volume 1
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At the center of the galaxy is the Dreaming Void, an artificial black hole that may hold paradise within its walls. When a human named Inigo begins dreaming of what lies within the Void, the word spreads, triggering a religious pilgrimage into the Void and possibly a catastrophic expansion that threatens the peace of the Commonwealth Universe.
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Void trilogy volume 3
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Araminta becomes the target of a galaxywide search by a government agent seeking to prevent the pilgrimage of a cult into the heart of the Void, while Edeard, the Waterwalker, finds himself faced with powerful new enemies.
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Void trilogy volume 2
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The Intersolar Commonwealth is in turmoil and at the center of the controversy is Edeard, the Waterwalker, whose crusade against corruption, injustice, and violence in the face of temptation and betrayal will test his extraordinary powers.
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Im Jahr 3580 lebt die Menschheit in über tausend Sonnensystemen. Eine mächtige Raumflotte beschützt sie vor jeder feindlichen Spezies. Selbst der Tod ist besiegt. Doch im Herzen der Galaxie liegt eine schwarze Welt. Und auf das, was von dort kommt, hat die Menschheit keine Antwort ... Der Auftakt der erfolgreichen Commonwealth-Serie von Peter F. Hamilton.
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Peter F. Hamilton's superbly imagined, cunningly plotted interstellar adventures are conceived on a staggeringly epic scale and filled with fully realized human and alien characters as complex as they are engaging. No mere world builder, Hamilton creates entire universes-and he does so with irresistible flair and intelligence. His previous novel, the acclaimed Pandora's Star, introduced the Intersolar Commonwealth, a star-spanning civilization of...
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2040: After decades of research, scientists of the European Union believe that they have at last conquered humankind's most pernicious foe: old age. For the first time, technology holds out the promise of not merely slowing the aging process but actually reversing it. The first subject for treatment is seventy-eight-year-old philanthropist Jeff Baker. After eighteen months in a rejuvenation tank, Jeff emerges looking like a twenty-year-old. And the...
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The ancient menace has finally escaped from Lalonde, shattering the Confederation's peaceful existence. Those who succumbed to it have acquired godlike powers but now follow a far-from-divine gospel as they advance inexorably from world to world. On planets and asteroids, individuals battle for survival against the strange and brutal forces unleashed upon the universe. Governments teeter on the brink of anarchy, the Confederation Navy is dangerously...
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Teil 2 des dritten Bandes von Peter F. Hamiltons Reihe "Das dunkle Universum" Das Intersolare Commonwealth ist in Aufruhr. Mittendrin: Edeard, genannt der Waterwalker, ein Telepath mit wachsender Macht. Die Gefahr der "Leerengrenze" ist nicht gebannt: ein Raumgebiet, das sich immer weiter ausdehnt, und wie ein schwarzes Loch alle Welten auf dem Weg verschlingt. Überdies rückt die Flotte des Ocisen Empire vor, zum Äußersten entschlossen. Ihr Ziel:...
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Teil 1 des vierten Bandes von Peter F. Hamiltons Reihe "Das dunkle Universum" Millionen Pilger sind mit ihren Ultra-Antriebsschiffen auf dem Weg ins Zentrum der Galaxis - in die "Leere". Dort, so ihr Glaube, erwartet sie ein perfektes Leben in einer perfekten Welt. Doch der Preis dafür könnte höher nicht sein. Einige setzen alles daran, die Pilger zu stoppen, wie etwa Gore Burnelli, ältester und einflussreichster lebender Vertreter der Menschheit,...
13) The Naked God
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The Confederation is starting to collapse politically and economically, allowing the "possessed" to infiltrate more worlds. Quinn Dexter is loose on Earth, destroying the giant arcologies one at a time. As Louise Kavanagh tries to track him down, she manages to acquire some strange and powerful allies whose goal doesn't quite match her own. The campaign to liberate Mortonridge from the possessed degenerates into a horrendous land battle, the...
14) Pandora's Star
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Critics have compared the engrossing space operas of Peter F. Hamilton to the classic sagas of such SF giants as Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert. But Hamilton's bestselling fiction-powered by a fearless imagination and world-class storytelling skills-has also earned him comparison to Tolstoy and Dickens. Hugely ambitious, wildly entertaining, philosophically stimulating: the novels of Peter F. Hamilton will change the way you think about science fiction....
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Teil 2 des vierten Bandes von Peter F. Hamiltons Reihe "Das dunkle Universum" Millionen Pilger sind mit ihren Ultra-Antriebsschiffen auf dem Weg ins Zentrum der Galaxis - in die "Leere". Dort, so ihr Glaube, erwartet sie ein perfektes Leben in einer perfekten Welt. Doch der Preis dafür könnte höher nicht sein. Einige setzen alles daran, die Pilger zu stoppen, wie etwa Gore Burnelli, ältester und einflussreichster lebender Vertreter der Menschheit,...
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In AD 2600 the human race is finally beginning to realize its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets scattered across the galaxy host a multitude of prosperous and wildly diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has pushed evolution far beyond nature's boundaries, defeating disease and producing extraordinary spaceborn creatures. Huge fleets of sentient trader starships thrive on the wealth created by the industrialization of entire star systems,...
17) Salvation
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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,...
18) Salvation Lost
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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...
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With the help of a command AI, the hole in the Daedalus has been fixed by Hazel and her friends. But in the process, they have antagonized the Yi, the aliens who are actually controlling the Daedalus. After a daring escape from the Yi, Hazel and her friends now must convince the people of the Daedalus villages and the village leaders that the Yi exist - and that they must fight back in order to survive. This proves tricky, as those in power don't...
20) Schwarze Welt
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Inmitten des intersolaren Commonwealth schwärt ein riesiges schwarzes Loch. Langsam verschlingt es Stern um Stern. In seinem Inneren: ein fremdartiges Universum, wo die Gesetze der Physik Kopf stehen. Manche Menschen glauben, man könne in diesem Universum ein perfektes Leben führen, und brechen zu einer Pilgerfahrt auf. Andere Völker sehen in den Pilgern eine unberechenbare Gefahr, die zum Wachstum des schwarzen Loches führt. Sie wollen die Pilger...