The Reality Dysfunction: 1 (The Night's Dawn trilogy, 1) - Softcover

Hamilton, Peter F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509868607 ISBN 13: 9781509868605

Publisher: Pan, 2018

Synopsis

The first in the Night's Dawn trilogy, The Reality Dysfunction is a sweeping, intergalactic adventure from the master of space opera, Peter F. Hamilton. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Alastair Reynolds.

An extinct race named this phenomenon 'the Reality Dysfunction'. It is a nightmare that has haunted us since the dawn of time . . .

In AD 2600, the human race is finally realizing its potential. The galaxy’s colonized planets host a multitude of diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has defeated disease and produced extraordinary space-born creatures. Huge fleets of sentient trader starships thrive, living on the wealth created by industrializing entire star systems. And throughout inhabited space, the Confederation Navy keeps the peace.

Then something goes catastrophically wrong. On a primitive colony planet, a renegade criminal encounters an utterly alien entity. And this unintended meeting triggers the release of those that should never see the light – threatening everything we’ve become . . .

'Hamilton puts British sci-fi back into interstellar overdrive' – The Times

The Reality Dysfunction is followed by The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God.

About this title

About the Author

Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960. He began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to FEAR Magazine in 1988. He has written many bestselling novels, including the Greg Mandel series, the Night’s Dawn trilogy, the Commonwealth Saga, the Void trilogy, the Chronicle of the Fallers and the Salvation Sequence, as well as short-story collections and several standalone titles, including Fallen Dragon and Great North Road.

From the Back Cover

THE BEGINNING OF THE END

In AD 2600, the human race is finally realizing its potential. The galaxy’s colonized planets host a multitude of diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has defeated disease and produced extraordinary space-born creatures. Huge fleets of sentient trader starships thrive, living on the wealth created by industrializing entire star systems. And throughout inhabited space, the Confederation Navy keeps the peace.

Then something goes catastrophically wrong. On a primitive colony planet, a renegade criminal encounters an utterly alien entity. And this unintended meeting triggers the release of those that should never see the light, threatening everything we’ve become. An extinct race named this phenomenon ‘the Reality Dysfunction’. It is a nightmare that has haunted us since the dawn of time.

‘Super-intelligent space opera . . . and it’s a rattling page-turner too’ Stephen Baxter

‘Painted on the vast canvas of classic space opera . . . the story builds to an explosive climax’ SFX

‘A space opera with a difference . . . All the disparate plot-strands converge to knot together in an exhilarating climax’ Starburst


Insert jpegs for the NIGHT’S DAWN TRILOGY NECs on back cover (The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist, The Naked God)

Edition details

• Publisher: Pan
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1509868607
• ISBN 13: 9781509868605
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1232