Xeelee: Vengeance
Author | : Stephen Baxter |
Publisher | : Gollancz |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2017-06-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781473217201 |
ISBN-13 | : 1473217202 |
Rating | : 4/5 (202 Downloads) |
Download or read book Xeelee: Vengeance written by Stephen Baxter and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 . . .