Resplendent: Destiny's Children Book Four
By (Author) Stephen Baxter
Orion Publishing Co
Gollancz
1st November 2007
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
608
Width 167mm, Height 179mm, Spine 40mm
384g
RESPLENDENT is a collection of stories that encompasses mankind's epic fight for survival against the Xeelee, a narrative of how man will change and evolve over our epic journey out into the universe. These tales will encompass the rise of sub-molecular empires in the first nanoseconds after the Big Bang to mankind's final transformation.
Full of cutting-edge science, descriptions of time and space on a mind-boggling scale and memorable, all-too-human characters. It is both the capstone to one of the most significant series in the history of SF and a remarkable achievement in its own right. This is a mature and uniquely talented writer at the height of his powers.Stephen Baxter is the pre-eminent SF writers of his generation. Published around the world he has also won major awards in the UK, US, Germany and Japan. Born in 1957 he has degrees from Cambridge and Southampton. He lives in Northumberland with his wife.
Previous titles:Emperor (Bfmt Feb 07);Transcendence;Exultant;Coalescence;Mammoth, Evolution