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        <dc:title>Absolution Gap</dc:title>
        <dc:creator opf:file-as="Reynolds, Alastair" opf:role="aut">Alastair Reynolds</dc:creator>
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        <dc:date>2005-05-30T04:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
        <dc:description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alastair Reynolds continues his Revelation Space series with this “first-rate work of science fiction, a thoroughly modern space opera full of dangers and marvels to match”(SF Site).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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The Inhibitors were designed to eliminate any life form reaching a certain level of intelligence—and they’ve targeted Humanity. War veteran Clavain and a ragtag group of refugees have fled into hiding. Their leadership is faltering, and their situation is growing more desperate. But their little colony has just received an unexpected visitor: an avenging angel with the power to lead mankind to safety—or draw down its darkest enemy. &lt;br&gt;
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And as she leads them to an apparently insignificant moon light-years away, it begins to dawn on Clavain and his companions that to beat one enemy, it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much worse...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;**&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;From Publishers Weekly&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The final volume in British author Reynolds's SF trilogy that began with &lt;em&gt;Revelation Space&lt;/em&gt; (2001) fulfills all the staggering promise of the earlier books, and then some. The world Hela, an airless moon of the gas giant Haldora, is remarkable for two things: relics of the extinct alien race called the scuttlers, and the Quaicheist faith, whose observers (aided by infection with a virus that induces religious fervor) watch Haldora in the hope of viewing one of its mysterious, split-second disappearances. Church records show the disappearances are slowly increasing in frequency and duration. Rumors abound, and arriving pilgrims confirm that Haldora's changing behavior is a sign of the end times. When his indoctrinating virus weakens on occasion, however, Quaicheist founder Horris Quaiche has other ideas—as does young iconoclast Rashmika Els, self-taught scuttler archeologist. Meanwhile, unhappy war veteran Nevil Clavain leaves self-imposed exile on the planet Ararat to help his friend, human-pig hybrid Scorpio, and rejoin the battle against the implacable Inhibitors, "wolf" machines that seek out and destroy star-faring civilizations. From a slow start, Reynolds's plot rapidly builds momentum, hurtling to a stunning conclusion. Cinematic imagery and strong characters ably carry this juggernaut of a story, with Big Ideas strewn about like pebbles on a beach. It's not the best book to introduce Reynolds to those who've never read him, but it's without a doubt a fitting finale to the series, a landmark in hard SF space opera. &lt;br&gt;
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Review&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Praise for *Absolution Gap&lt;/strong&gt;*  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Comparisons to &lt;em&gt;Dune &lt;/em&gt;abound...At a time when large-scale SF is flourishing, &lt;em&gt;Absolution Gap&lt;/em&gt; is a good as it gets, and should solidify Alastair Reynolds’ reputation as one of the best hard SF writers in the field.”—SF Site   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“A book of great fascination, rich description, and memorable action.”—*Locus  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Reynolds writes a lean and muscular prose where the intense action scenes are leavened with the kind of bright, shining, mind-boggling science talk that characterizes the best of post-modern space opera.”—&lt;/em&gt;Science Fiction Weekly  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Alastair Reynolds continues his rise to the top of SF...Revelation, Redemption, Absolution...Reynolds provides them all.”—&lt;/em&gt;The Guardian* (UK)  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Fulfills all the staggering promise of [Reynolds’] earlier books, and then some...a landmark in hard SF space opera.”—&lt;em&gt;Publishers Weekly&lt;/em&gt; (starred review)  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“An entertaining science fiction tale...The story line contains several brilliantly developed concepts...an intriguing look at religion, war, societies, and economics in outer space.”—Midwest Book Review&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;










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        <dc:publisher>Ace</dc:publisher>
        <dc:identifier opf:scheme="ISBN">9781440678165</dc:identifier>
        <dc:identifier opf:scheme="AMAZON">B001ODO61G</dc:identifier>
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        <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
        <dc:subject>Fiction</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Science Fiction</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Space Opera</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Alien Contact</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Military</dc:subject>
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