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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 the twenty-fourth century. Robust, peaceful, and confident, the Commonwealth dispatched a ship to investigate the mystery of a disappearing star, only to inadvertently unleash a predatory alien species that turned on its liberators, striking hard, fast, and utterly without mercy. The Prime are the Commonwealth’s worst nightmare. Coexistence is impossible with the technologically advanced aliens, who are genetically hardwired to exterminate all other forms of life. Twenty-three planets have already fallen to the invaders, with casualties in the hundreds of millions. And no one knows when or where the genocidal Prime will strike next. Nor are the Prime the only threat. For more than a hundred years, a shadowy cult, the Guardians of Selfhood, has warned that an alien with mind-control abilities impossible to detect or resist–the Starflyer–has secretly infiltrated the Commonwealth. Branded as terrorists, the Guardians and their leader, Bradley Johansson, have been hunted by relentless investigator Paula Myo. But now evidence suggests that the Guardians were right all along, and that the Starflyer has placed agents in vital posts throughout the Commonwealth–agents who are now sabotaging the war effort. Is the Starflyer an ally of the Prime, or has it orchestrated a fight to the death between the two species for its own advantage? Caught between two deadly enemies, one a brutal invader striking from without, the other a remorseless cancer killing from within, the fractious Commonwealth must unite as never before. This will be humanity’s finest hour–or its last gasp.

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Peter Hamilton is one of my favorite all-time authors, with his Night's Dawn series being one of my favorite science fiction outings.

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Don't get me wrong. Judas Unchained is in many respects the typical future space opera that Hamilton is known for. JU is set as a sequel to Pandora's Star, in a universe where wormhole technol...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 25 14:56:56 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 16:30:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 27 18:38:38 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 18:47:08 -0700 2008
I have a love/hate relationship with Peter Hamilton's books. He's very adept at introducing interesting technology and making a faster-than-light society plausible...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 26 11:28:08 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 11:45:34 -0800 2007
Hamilton was one of the first of ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 29 16:22:34 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 16:23:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 15 21:55:03 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 21:56:30 -0700 2009 It's a very good read. Lots of cool concepts and thought provoking ideas. The writing is quite good. The main characters are diverse through and fleshed out. If you like sci-fi, You will probably find something to like about this book. This book along with ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 00:11:14 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 01:02:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 15 05:14:08 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 05:17:49 -0800 2009
But I strongly recommend that you don't read this unle...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 14:52:45 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 04:23:03 -0700 2007 Pandora's Star. Hamilton writes the kinds of stories I just love to read -- a relatively positive future for humanity, some good technology (which we could use now), but the focus is the intricacy of the plot.
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Too much meandering. The resolutions were pretty dece...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 19:10:03 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 12:17:07 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 08:41:43 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 05 09:26:53 -0800 2007
This is the sequel to Pandora's Star and it does a decent job of...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=45244