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The ShardlandsSeries

This saga unfolds in the distant future, where humanity has colonized vast swathes of the galaxy. After the collapse of great empires and protracted conflicts, humans encounter their first alien civilization on their journey into the cosmic unknown. When a mysterious probe carrying an unknown being is discovered, a race against time begins. Can its intentions be deciphered and contact established before it's too late?

The Mote in God's Eye
Tříska v božím oku. Díl 2. Přízračný křižník
The Gripping Hand

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  1. 1

    The Mote in God's Eye

    • 560 pages
    • 20 hours of reading
    4.0(1442)Add rating

    In the year 3016, the Second Empire of Man spans hundreds of star systems, thanks to the faster-than-light Alderson Drive. No other intelligent beings have ever been encountered, not until a light sail probe enters a human system carrying a dead alien. The probe is traced to the Mote, an isolated star in a thick dust cloud, and an expedition is dispatched. In the Mote the humans find an ancient civilization--at least one million years old--that has always been bottled up in their cloistered solar system for lack of a star drive. The Moties are welcoming and kind, yet rather evasive about certain aspects of their society. It seems the Moties have a dark problem, one they've been unable to solve in over a million years

    The Mote in God's Eye
  2. 2

    The Gripping Hand

    • 401 pages
    • 15 hours of reading
    3.7(108)Add rating

    Two of the best known names in science fiction bring us the long-awaited sequel The Mote in God's Eye. In the universe of Kevin Renner, Horace Bury, Rod Blaine and Sally Fowler, 25 years have passed since the aliens known as the Moties were quarantined within the confines of their own solar system. Now, the Moties must breed--or die.

    The Gripping Hand
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