The Abyss Beyond Dreams

Author: Peter F. Hamilton

Peter Hamilton is a master of what Brian Aldiss called Ã¢wide screen baroqueÃ¢, the sort of science fiction that delights in the vast and open spaces of distant futures and distant stars. With this book he returns to his popular Commonwealth universe with the first of a two-book sequence. Nigel Sheldon, one of the founders of the Commonwealth, takes part in a desperate scheme to penetrate the Void, the mysterious structure at the core of the galaxy. But when he gets inside, he finds that humans aren't the first species to be sucked into this trap where the laws of physics are subtly different. And the other race he encounters there are merciless killers who may hold the secret to destroying the threat of the Void. Why it's on the list: Hamilton's huge novels suck you in as completely as the Void does, filled with big concepts, strange discoveries, and the sort of sense of wonder that the best science fiction provides.

Books in Commonwealth: Chronicle Of The Fallers Series (0)