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Late in the twenty-sixth century, the human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger the Inhibitors - alien killing machines designed to detect intelligent life and destroy it. The only hope for humanity lies in the recovery of a secret cache of doomsday weapons -and a renegade named Clavain who is determined to find them. But other factions want the weapons for their own purposes - and the weapons themselves have another agenda altogether...

694 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

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Alastair Reynolds

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I'm Al, I used to be a space scientist, and now I'm a writer, although for a time the two careers ran in parallel. I started off publishing short stories in the British SF magazine Interzone in the early 90s, then eventually branched into novels. I write about a novel a year and try to write a few short stories as well. Some of my books and stories are set in a consistent future named after Revelation Space, the first novel, but I've done a lot of other things as well and I like to keep things fresh between books.

I was born in Wales, but raised in Cornwall, and then spent time in the north of England and Scotland. I moved to the Netherlands to continue my science career and stayed there for a very long time, before eventually returning to Wales.

In my spare time I am a very keen runner, and I also enjoying hill-walking, birdwatching, horse-riding, guitar and model-making. I also dabble with paints now and then. I met my wife in the Netherlands through a mutual interest in climbing and we married back in Wales. We live surrounded by hills, woods and wildlife, and not too much excitement.

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Aš tiesiog mėgstu gigantomaniškas space operas. Šita, labai neatitolsta nuo žanro, nesugalvoja nieko labai naujo, neturi geriausiųjų neribotos fantazijos. Bet skaitosi smagiai ir lengvai, nuotykis tikras, o "didysis gręsiantis pavojus" neleidžia atidėti ir todėl imuosi trečios ir paskutinės dalies. #LEBooks #AlastarReynolds #Audiobook #RedemptionArk
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