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The day sixty-five thousand objects burned briefly around Earth: an unexplained moment of surveillance by an alien intelligence. We called it Firefall.
Two months later, we sent the Theseus reconnaisance mission into deep space. Somewhere past Jupiter, we lost contact.
For the last twenty-five years we have waited for word. No further sightings of ""fireflies"" have been reported.
But all this is about to change. For a man hiding in the Oregon desert is about to play a key role in the next stage of human evolution. And first he must find the Theseus mission...
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Review:
'A tour de force.' Charles Stross.
'Remarkable.' Gene Wolfe.
'Exhilarating, up-to-date science fiction.' New York Times.
About the Author:
'Remarkable.' Gene Wolfe.
'Exhilarating, up-to-date science fiction.' New York Times.
Peter Watts is a science-fiction writer and a marine-mammal biologist. He is the author of the Rifters trilogy, and has received the Aurora, Hugo, and Locus awards. Watts lives in Toronto. Find out more at: www.rifters.com
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- PublisherHead of Zeus
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1784080470
- ISBN 13 9781784080471
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages720
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