Jani and the Greater Game (The Multiplicity Series Book 1) (47 page)
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Authors: Eric Brown
Tags: #Steampunk
SPIRAL INTO WAR!
The Helix: a vast spiral of ten thousand worlds turning around its sun. Aeons ago, the enigmatic Builders constructed the Helix as a refuge for alien races on the verge of extinction.
Two hundred years ago, humankind came to the Helix aboard a great colony ship, and the builders conferred on them the mantle of peacekeepers. For that long, peace has reigned on the Helix. But when shuttle pilot Jeff Ellis crash-lands on the world of Phandra, he interrupts a barbarous invasion from the neighbouring Sporelli, who are now racing to catch and exterminate Ellis before he can return to New Earth and inform the peacekeepers.
Eric Brown returns to the rich worlds he created in the best-selling
Helix
with a vast science-fiction adventure populated with strange characters and fascinating creatures.
‘SF infused with a cosmopolitan and literary sensibility... Accomplished and affecting.’
Paul McAuley on
Helix
‘Brown’s spectacular creativity creates a constantly compelling read.’
Kirkus Book Reviews
on
Helix
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THEY ARE HERE... AND WE ARE NOT READY
In 2025, the Serene arrive from Delta Pavonis V, and change mankind’s destiny forever. The gentle aliens bring peace to an ailing world – a world riven by war, terrorism and poverty, by rising conflicts over natural resources – and offer an end to need and violence. But not everyone supports the seemingly benign invasion. There are those who benefit from conflict, who cherish chaos, and they will stop at nothing to bring back the old days.
When Sally Walsh is kidnapped by terrorists and threatened with death, it seems that only a miracle can save her life. Geoff Allen, photojournalist, is contacted by the Serene and offered the opportunity to work with the aliens in their mission. For Sally, Geoff, and billions of other citizens of Earth, nothing will ever be the same again...
‘No matter how alien the world Brown describes, there is always something hauntingly familiar about the situations that unfold there.’
Tony Ballantyne
‘Brown has a casual and unpretentious style. The accessibility, the tenderness between characters and, more importantly, the scale of wonder involved make him highly enjoyable.’
Interzone
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