Terminal World

Alastair Reynolds

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Gollancz
09 August 2011

Science fiction; Future Society; Cyberpunk; Space Opera

Spearpoint, the last human city, is an atmosphere-piercing spire of vast size. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous city-states, each of which enjoys a different - and rigidly enforced - level of technology. Following an infiltration mission that went tragically wrong, Quillon has been living incognito, working as a pathologist in the district morgue. But when a near-dead angel drops onto his dissecting table, Quillon's world is wrenched apart one more time, for the angel is a winged posthuman from Spearpoint's Celestial Levels - and with the dying body comes bad news.

If Quillon is to save his life, he must leave his home and journey into the cold and hostile lands beyond Spearpoint's base, starting an exile that will take him further than he could ever imagine. But there is far more at stake than just Quillon's own survival, for reality itself is showing worrying signs of instability...

By: Alastair Reynolds
Imprint: Gollancz
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9780575088504
ISBN 10: 0575088508
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 09 August 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: www.alastairreynolds.com

Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. He lived in the Netherlands whilst working as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency, but is now a full-time writer living in South Wales.