Geodesica Descent

Geodesica #2

by Sean Williams, Shane Dix

Revolution spreads like wildfire though humanity’s interstellar empire, sparked by the opening of Geodesica and the destruction of an entire inhabited system. But who was ultimately responsible? And who will pay the price?

Melilah Awad and Palmer Eogan delve deeper into Geodesica’s ancient alien labyrinth than anyone has ever dared, hoping to unravel its secrets before the hunter-killers from Earth bring them down. Former Exarch of Bedlam, Isaac Forge Deangelis, finds his grip on sanity slipping as his very reason for existing is ripped from him. While a rebel Exarch and Palmer Horsfall, grieving for her lost sister, form an alliance that might tear humanity’s interstellar empire apart….

Genres: Science Fiction, Space Opera

418 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

#1 New York Times bestselling Sean Williams lives with his family in Adelaide, South Australia. He’s written some books--forty-two at last count--including the Philip K. Dick-nominated Saturn Returns, several Star Wars novels and the Troubletwister series with Garth Nix. Twinmaker is a YA SF series that takes his love affair with the matter transmitter to a whole new level. You can find some related short stories over at Lightspeed Magazine and elsewhere. Thanks for reading.

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

A well-written space opera of the nanotech/singularity/FTL genre. Lots of action and suspense, intricate and self-consistent setting, it has it all: romance, space-time shattering battles, and intrigue. If it has one weakness, it is that some of the trans-human characters seem too human. But then, that may well be the point.

[Tad Kelson · Rating 4 out of 5]

awesome piece of SF writing

[bluetyson]

isbn,original

[Georgina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rarely does a sci-fi novel take you on a wild mental ride these days, but this one does. Great fun too.