ALASTAIR REYNOLDS

One hundred and fifty years from now, in a world where Africa is the dominant technological and economic power, and where crime, war, disease and poverty have been banished to history, Geoffrey Akinya wants only one thing: to be left in peace, so that he can continue his studies into the elephants of the Amboseli basin. But Geoffrey's family, the vast Akinya business empire, has other plans. After the death of Eunice, Geoffrey's grandmother, erstwhile space explorer and entrepreneur, something awkward has come to light on the Moon, and Geoffrey is tasked - well, blackmailed, really - to go up there and make sure the family's name stays suitably unblemished. But little does Geoffrey realise - or anyone else in the family, for that matter - what he's about to unravel. Eunice's ashes have already have been scattered in sight of Kilimanjaro. But the secrets she died with are about to come back out into the open, and they could change everything. Or shatter this near-utopia into shards ...

This novel is a stand-alone story which takes two extraordinary characters and follows them as they, independently, begin to unravel some of the greatest mysteries of our universe. Their missions are dangerous, and they are all venturing into the unknown ...and if they can uncover the secret to faster-than-light travel then new worlds will be at our fingertips. But innovation and progress are not always embraced by everyone. There is a saboteur at work. Different factions disagree about the best way to move forward. And the mysterious Watchkeepers are ever-present. Completing the informal trilogy which began with Blue Remembered Earth and On the Steel Breeze, this is a powerful and effective story.

One hundred and fifty years from now, in a world where Africa is the dominant technological and economic power, and where crime, war, disease and poverty have been banished to history, Geoffrey Akinya wants only one thing: to be left in peace, so that he can continue his studies into the elephants of the Amboseli basin. But Geoffrey''s family, the vast Akinya business empire, has other plans. After the death of Eunice, Geoffrey''s grandmother, erstwhile space explorer and entrepreneur, something awkward has come to light on the Moon, and Geoffrey is tasked - well, blackmailed, really - to go up there and make sure the family''s name stays suitably unblemished. But little does Geoffrey realise - or anyone else in the family, for that matter - what he''s about to unravel.Eunice''s ashes have already have been scattered in sight of Kilimanjaro. But the secrets she died with are about to come back out into the open, and they could change everything.Or shatter this near-utopia into shards . . .

Chiku Yellow is earthbound: living a peaceful life on a changing world as humanity explores a thousand new ways to experience life.Chiku Red is space-bound: blasted into deep space to investigate Eunice Akinya''s last journey, and maybe discover the final secrets of space travel.Chiku Green is planet-bound: travelling thousands of lightyears to the planet Crucible. A new home for humankind; it''s a habitable planet hosting a fascinating alien labyrinth.All three are Chiku Akinya.All three are pivotal to our future in space.All three are in danger...

Featuring Inspector Dreyfus - one of Alastair Reynolds most popular characters - this is a fast paced SF crime story, combining a futuristic setting with a gripping tale of technology, revolution and revenge.One citizen died a fortnight ago. Two a week ago. Four died yesterday . . . and unless the cause can be found - and stopped - within the next four months, everyone will be dead. For the Prefects, the hunt for a silent, hidden killer is on . . .Alastair Reynolds has returned to the world of The Prefect for this stand-alone SF mystery in which no one is safe. The technological implants which connect every citizen to each other have become murder weapons, and no one knows who or what the killer is - or who the next targets will be. But their reach is spreading, and time is not on the Prefects' side.

This is an amazing collection of some of the best short fiction ever written in the SF genre, by an author acclaimed as 'the mastersinger of space opera' THE TIMES. With an introduction by noted SF critic Johnathan Strahan, this collection of twenty short stories, novellettes and novellas includes MINLA'S FLOWERS, SIGNAL TO NOISE, TROIKA, and seven previous uncollected stories, including TRAUMA POD, THE WATER THIEF and IN BABELSBERG. Alastair Reynolds has won the Sidewise Award and been nominated for The Hugo Awards for his short fiction. One of the most thought-provoking and accomplished short-fiction writers of our time, this collection is a delight for all SF readers

Algo aniquiló a los amarantinos hace novecientos mil años. Para los colonos humanos que se están asentado en Resurgam, el planeta natal de esta civilización perdida, se trata de un hecho de escaso interés científico, a pesar del descubrimiento de una ciudad casi perfecta y una estatua gigantesca que representa a un amarantino alado. Para Dan Sylveste, sin embargo, es algo más que una mera curiosidad intelectual. Este científico, brillante y despiadado, no se detendrá ante nada hasta conocer la verdad, por elevado que sea su coste. Pero no sabe que los amarantinos fueron exterminados por una razón... ni tampoco que el peligro está más cerca y es mucho más grande de lo que imagina.

wo hundred years after the fall of Mechanism, human society has achieved a kind of stability. There are colonies beneath the oceans, throughout the solar system, and beyond: on extrasolar planets. Vast hemi-relativistic ships connect these colonies, travelling at half the speed of light. Or rather they would, if the ominous presence of the alien Watchkeepers had not led to an enforced moratorium on interstellar travel.

Alastair Reynolds es el autor de 'Espacio Revelación', una de las sagas más populares de la ciencia ficción del momento. El universo que se crea con esta serie, que se cierra con El prefecto, se extiende a traves de varios siglos y se puede leer de manera independiente. Tom Dreyfus es uno de los mejores prefectos de Panoplia, el cuerpo de policia de la multifacetica sociedad utopica del Anillo de Luz, un vasto remolino de habitats espaciales que orbitan el planeta Yellowstone. En este momento, su trabajo es su vida. Se produce un grave ataque asesino contra un habitat del Anillo de Luz, pero parece un caso facil de resolver. Sin embargo, cuando Dreyfus comienza revolver en los asuntos de personas muy poderosas, lo que descubre es mucho mas grave que un mero asesinato: existe una opa hostil secreta por parte de Aurora, una enigmatica figura (que una vez fue humana pero, sin duda, ya no lo es), para quien los habitantes del Anillo de Luz ya no deberian llevar las riendas de su propio destino.

Los Inhibidores son antiguas máquinas de matar, diseñadas para localizar y destruir cualquier forma de vida que alcance cierto nivel de inteligencia. Ahora, agitados tras eones de letargo, han alcanzado su ultimo objetivo: la Humanidad.La primera ola de Inhibidores obligo al veterano de guerra Clavain y a un grupo de refugiados a ocultarse. Su liderazgo vacila y la situacion se hace cada vez mas desesperada. Pero su pequeña colonia acaba de recibir una visita inesperada: un angel vengador con el poder de liderar a la Humanidad hacia un lugar seguro... o para dominar al peor de sus enemigos.Mientras les conduce hacia una aparentemente insignificante luna a años luz de alli, Clavain y sus compañeros comienzan a entender que para vencer a una amenaza quiza sea necesario forjar una alianza con algo mucho peor...

Una novela tan absorbente como La Cultura de Banks, y tan pulida como La Federación de Hamilton, basada en el universo de la saga Espacio revelaciónTom Dreyfus es uno de los mejores prefectos de Panoplia, el cuerpo de policia de la multifacetica sociedad utopica del Anillo de Luz, un vasto remolino de habitats espaciales que orbitan el planeta Yellowstone. En este momento, su trabajo es su vida.Se produce un grave ataque asesino contra un habitat del Anillo de Luz, pero parece un caso facil de resolver. Sin embargo, cuando Dreyfus comienza revolver en los asuntos de personas muy poderosas, lo que descubre es mucho mas grave que un mero asesinato: existe una opa hostil secreta por parte de Aurora, una enigmatica figura (que una vez fue humana pero, sin duda, ya no lo es), para quien los habitantes del Anillo de Luz ya no deberian llevar las riendas de su propio destino.

Periódicamente, los shatterlings del clan Gentian han de reunirse en una ostentosa celebración para intercambiar sus recuerdos. Pero algo no va bien: dos de ellos van a llegar unas décadas tarde a la reunion. A su crimen se suma el hecho de que estan enamorados. Lo unico que se interpone entre ellos y una posible excomunion del clan es un robot llamado Hesperus, de la metacivilizacion de los mecanicos. Sin embargo, Hesperus tiene amnesia.Mientras los amantes esperan el castigo que puedan sufrir a manos de sus hermanos clones, interceptan una inesperada y angustiada comunicacion que les aconseja que eviten el lugar de reunion a toda costa. Tras seis millones de años de estabilidad, alguien ha decidido que ha llegado el momento de poner fin al clan Gentian.

Inspired by Sir Arthur C. Clarke's short story A Meeting with Medusa, this novel, with permission from the Clarke Estate, continues the story of Commander Howard Falcon over centuries of space-exploration, interaction with AI, first contact and beyond. All brought to life by two of our greatest SF authors, Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds. Howard Falcon almost lost his life in an accident ...and a combination of human ingenuity and technical expertise brought him back. Not as himself, but as an augmented human: part man, part machine, and exceptionally capable. The Medusa Chronicles charts his journey through time, the changing interaction between humanity and our universe, and combined moments of incredible action with unparalleled exploration of and expansion into space. A compelling read from the beginning, this is classic SF which has appeal for readers who like Gravity and The Martian.

The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilisations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives. And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where to find them ...Captain Rackamore and his crew do. It's their business to find the tiny, enigmatic worlds which have been hidden away, booby-trapped, surrounded with layers of protection - and to crack them open for the ancient relics and barely-remembered technologies inside. But while they ply their risky trade with integrity, not everyone is so scrupulous. Adrana and Fura Ness are the newest members of Rackamore's crew, signed on to save their family from bankruptcy. Only Rackamore has enemies, and there might be more waiting for them in space than adventure and fortune: the fabled and feared Bosa Sennen in particular. Revenger is a science fiction adventure story set in the rubble of our solar system in the dark, distant future - a tale of space pirates, buried treasure and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism ...and of vengeance ...

Los Inhibidores son antiguas máquinas de matar, diseñadas para localizar y destruir cualquier forma de vida que alcance cierto nivel de inteligencia. Ahora, agitados tras eones de letargo, han alcanzado su ultimo objetivo: la Humanidad.La primera ola de Inhibidores obligo al veterano de guerra Clavain y a un grupo de refugiados a ocultarse. Su liderazgo vacila y la situacion se hace cada vez mas desesperada. Pero su pequeña colonia acaba de recibir una visita inesperada: un angel vengador con el poder de liderar a la Humanidad hacia un lugar seguro... o para dominar al peor de sus enemigos.Mientras les conduce hacia una aparentemente insignificante luna a años luz de alli, Clavain y sus compañeros comienzan a entender que para vencer a una amenaza quiza sea necesario forjar una alianza con algo mucho peor...Alastair Reynolds es el autor de Espacio Revelacion, una de las sagas mas populares de la ciencia ficcion hard. El universo creado por el autor se extiende a traves de varios siglos y sus libros se pueden leer de manera independiente.

Spearpoint, the last human city, is a vast atmosphere-piercing spire. 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. Horsetown, for example, is pre-industrial, while in Neon Heights they have television and electric trains. 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...