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Destiny's Children Series

This series delves into the potential pathways of human evolution and our distant future. It uncovers hidden human societies in the present day and expands to galactic wars spanning thousands of years ahead. The narratives explore themes of adaptation, conflict, and the profound impact of advanced civilizations. It's an epic exploration of humanity's trajectory across time and space.

Coalescent
Exultant
Resplendent
Transcendent

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  1. 1

    Coalescent

    • 576 pages
    • 21 hours of reading
    3.8(2274)Add rating

    The beginning of a new trilogy from perhaps the most significant SF writer of the 21st century and co-author with Terry Pratchett of the Long Earth books.

    Coalescent
  2. 2

    Exultant

    • 512 pages
    • 18 hours of reading
    3.9(1676)Add rating

    “Baxter has an uncanny gift for mixing a punchy, cyberpunk cynicism with his resolutely hard SF story base. . . . [Exultant] rivals Asimov in its boundless vision for the future evolution of humanity.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) For more than twenty thousand years, humans have been at war with the alien race of Xeelee. Faced with certain death, a young pilot, Pirius, disobeys orders and travels into the future. Upon his return, Pirius is court-martialed and sentenced to penal servitude. But it is not only Pirius who pays the price. In flying into the future and back again, Pirius returned to a time before he’d left, a time inhabited by his younger self, who also receives punishment. Commissary Nilis believes that the elder Pirius, whom he dubs Pirius Blue, may know how to defeat the Xeelee. But Nilis can do nothing for Pirius Blue. Instead, he takes the younger Pirius—Pirius Red—back to Earth. There Pirius Red will discover truths that shatter his preconceived notions of all that he is fighting for, while Pirius Blue will learn even harsher truths. But the most shocking revelation of all is still to come. “Absurdly ambitious, technically brilliant, and downright exciting.”—SFX Magazine “Striking . . . chilling . . . [with] a triumphant conclusion.”—Starburst

    Exultant
  3. 3

    Transcendent

    • 512 pages
    • 18 hours of reading
    3.9(1398)Add rating

    In the distant future, Alia is entrusted to Witness the life of Michael Poole, a man haunted by his wife's death and struggling to reconnect with his estranged son while fighting off a global disaster. Book #3.

    Transcendent
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