Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1411 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-02
• Binding: Paperback
• 795 pages

Synopsis
AD 3580. The Intersolar Commonwealth has spread through the galaxy to over a thousand star systems. It is a culture of rich diversity with a place for everyone. A powerful navy protects it from any hostile species that may lurk among the stars. For Commonwealth citizens, even death has been overcome. At its centre is a massive black hole. This Void is not a natural artefact. Inside there is a strange universe where the laws of physics are very different to those we know. It is slowly consuming the other stars of the galactic core - one day it will have devoured the entire galaxy. Inigo, a human, has started to dream of a wonderful existence of the Void. He has a following of millions of believers. They now clamour to make a pilgrimage into the Void to live the life they have been shown. Other starfaring species fear their migration will cause the Void to expand again. They are prepared to stop them no matter what the cost. And so the pilgrimage begins...

Customer Reviews

Property Ladder in the 25th Century
Phew. I'm glad I got this from the library. It's mediocre

Who'd have thought the long (i.e. dozens of pages) explanations of how a character renovates a flat wouldn't be as exciting as great big spaceships blowing up aliens?

I'll tell you who, Hamilton. An editor.

Just because a robot is fitting a kitchen, it doesn't make kitchen-fitting exciting.

SF-Fantasy spam
This novel is pure SPAM. Cardboard characters, confusing mix of fantasy and science-fiction, and a narrative totally flat. There's no-one character i can connect with, and the story could have been ineresting, but the way is narrated leaves me totally cold. I'd want to throw this book in the nearest black hole.

Outstanding
This was my favourite book of 2007. There are multiple storylines, set in different worlds, each very satisfying in itself. As each story develops you begin to understand how they are linked. Structurally it is reminiscent of Tad Williams' Otherland (another novel that didn't resolve itself in the first installment.) It is ingenius, full of wonderful ideas about future technologies and ethical problems they pose. A must read!