Fallen Dragon - Peter F. Hamilton

Descriere Fallen Dragon - Peter F. Hamilton

In a future where corporations have their own militaries, a platoon is sent to the colony where the fabled Fallen Dragon resides. Protected by the colonists, the alien life form becomes the catalyst of an interstellar war. \nFrom science fiction master Peter F. Hamilton comes a standalone novel that is a fascinating, compulsively readable clash of hardware and ideals, political intrigue, and space opera at its best (Kirkus Reviews (starred review)). \nIn the distant future, corporations have become sustainable communities with their own militaries, and corporate goals have essentially replaced political ideology. On a youthful, rebellious impulse, Lawrence joined the military of a corporation that he now recognizes to be ruthless and exploitative. His only hope for escape is to earn enough money to buy his place in a better corporation. \n \nWhen his platoon is sent to a distant colony to quell a local resistance effort, it seems like a stroke of amazing fortune, and Lawrence plans to rob the colony of their fabled gemstone, the Fallen Dragon, to get the money he needs. However, he soon discovers that the Fallen Dragon is not a gemstone at all, but an alien life form that the local colonists have been protecting since it crashed in their area. \n \nNow, Lawrence must decide if he will steal the alien to exploit the use of its inherent biotechnical processes -- which far exceed anything humans are capable of -- or if he will help the Resistance get the alien home. \n \nOne of Hamilton's best...undeniably a page-turner. --- Publishers Weekly (starred review) \n \nFor more from Peter F. Hamilton, check out: \n \nThe Night's Dawn Trilogy \nThe Reality Dysfunction \nThe Neutronium Alchemist \nThe Naked God\n

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ORBIT

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ENSTK

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9780316021838

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1

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