Xeelee: Vengeance - Hardcover

Baxter, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1473217172 ISBN 13: 9781473217171

Publisher: Gollancz, 2017

Synopsis

Half a million years in the future, on a dead, war-ravaged world at the centre of the Galaxy, there is a mile-high statue of Michael Poole.

Poole, born on Earth in the fourth millennium, was one of mankind's most influential heroes. He was not a warrior, not an emperor. He was an engineer, a builder of wormhole transit systems. But Poole's work would ultimately lead to a vast and destructive conflict, a million-year war between humanity and the enigmatic, powerful aliens known as the Xeelee.

The Xeelee won, but at a huge cost. And, defeated in a greater war, the Xeelee eventually fled the universe. Most of them.

A handful were left behind, equipped with time travel capabilities, their task to tidy up: to reorder history more to the Xeelee's liking. That million-year war with humankind was one blemish. It had to be erased. And in order to do that, a lone Xeelee was sent back in time to remove Michael Poole from history . . .

About this title

Review:

This impressive collection is a fine introduction to Baxter's fascinating, complex world (SFX)

A sense of grandeur few other SF novelists can even hope to match. (SFX MAGAZINE)

Sense-of-wonder is clearly Baxter's middle name. (CONCATENATION)

If you're in search of some gripping science fiction utilising big concepts and backed by brilliant writing, look no further than Endurance. 10/10 (Starburst Magazine)

I love to dive into the future and Stephen Baxter is an author that really delivers for me as a reader. Here within this book the reader is treated to a whole host of short stories that add flavour and background to enrich Stephen's Universe. As with his other books, its well written, delivers some great characters and of course a whole host of tales from different parts of his timeline in order to get a fuller picture. (Falcata Times)

a...terrific compilation of stories, best read as a companion to the novels, but strong enough to stand on its own. (Daily Mail)

A sense of grandeur few other SF novelists can even hope to match.

Sense-of-wonder is clearly Baxter's middle name.

Book Description:

One of the world's bestselling science fiction authors returns to the series which made his name. The Xeelee are back for the last time...

About this edition

• Publisher: Gollancz
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1473217172
• ISBN 13: 9781473217171
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352