During a war between two planets in the same solar system - each occupied by adapted humans - what is thought to be a cosmic superstring is discovered. After being cut, this object collapses into four cylindrical pieces, each about the size of a tube train. Each is densely packed with either alien technology or some kind of life. They are placed for safety in three ozark cylinders of a massively secure space station. There a female research scientist subsequently falls pregnant, and gives birth to quads. Then she commits suicide - but why? By the end of the war one of the contesting planets has been devastated by the hilldiggers - giant space dreadnoughts employing weapons capable of creating mountain ranges. The quads have meanwhile grown up and are assuming positions of power in the post-war society. One of them will eventually gain control of the awesome hilldiggers . . .
1103518236
Hilldiggers
During a war between two planets in the same solar system - each occupied by adapted humans - what is thought to be a cosmic superstring is discovered. After being cut, this object collapses into four cylindrical pieces, each about the size of a tube train. Each is densely packed with either alien technology or some kind of life. They are placed for safety in three ozark cylinders of a massively secure space station. There a female research scientist subsequently falls pregnant, and gives birth to quads. Then she commits suicide - but why? By the end of the war one of the contesting planets has been devastated by the hilldiggers - giant space dreadnoughts employing weapons capable of creating mountain ranges. The quads have meanwhile grown up and are assuming positions of power in the post-war society. One of them will eventually gain control of the awesome hilldiggers . . .
10.99
In Stock
5
1
Hilldiggers
492
Hilldiggers
492eBook
$10.99
$15.99
Save 31%
Current price is $10.99, Original price is $15.99. You Save 31%.
Related collections and offers
10.99
In Stock
Customer Reviews
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781597805179 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Night Shade Books |
| Publication date: | 11/08/2013 |
| Series: | A Novel of Polity |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 492 |
| Sales rank: | 108,060 |
| File size: | 1 MB |
About the Author
From the B&N Reads Blog
Customer Reviews
Explore More Items
A new story set in the world of The Expanse. One day, Colonel Fred Johnson will be hailed as a hero to the system. One day, he will meet a desperate man in possession of a stolen spaceship and a
The biggest science fiction series of the decade comes to an incredible conclusion in the ninth and final novel in James S.A. Corey’s Hugo-award winning space opera that inspired the Prime
From New York Times bestselling author James S.A. Corey...
Before his trip to the stars, before the Rocinante, Amos Burton was confined to a Baltimore where crime paid you or killed you. Unless the
Before his trip to the stars, before the Rocinante, Amos Burton was confined to a Baltimore where crime paid you or killed you. Unless the
A novella set in the universe of James S. A. Corey's NYT best-selling Expanse series. Now a Prime Original series. This story will be available in the complete Expanse story collection,
The “reigning master of hard-edge science fiction takes a chilling look at the plausible near-future” in this cyberpunk sequel to Queen of Angels (Seattle Post-Intelligencer).
In the
In the
The “provocative and entertaining follow-up” to The Forge of God: Exiled from their planet, humans unite with one alien race in the fight against another (Publishers Weekly).
The
The
The second novel of the Forerunner Saga trilogy by science fiction legend Greg Bear—set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!
One hundred thousand
One hundred thousand
The final novel of the Forerunner Saga trilogy by science fiction legend Greg Bear—set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!
One hundred thousand
One hundred thousand
Toulouse-Lautrec, drunk, debauched, crippled, and brilliant, befriends a beggar girl who trains both as an artist and a dancer at the Moulin Rouge, even posing for the poster that made both the club
The carnival is traveling among the stars, and finding all kinds of problems that Thaddeus Flint and his crew didn't anticipate. What use is a wild animal tamer when the audience looks more like the
Carny owner Thaddeus Flint kidnaps a rival carnival' freak show, only to learn that the "freaks" are alien tourists visiting Earth in the one disguise they thought was safe from discovery. As they
In March 1909, Theodore Roosevelt went on a safari to central Africa. In this fictionalized account of that trip, Mike Resnick takes us on an amusing “what-if” with Roosevelt deciding
'Tis done.
The world is a most confused and unsteady place -- especially London, center of finance, innovation, and conspiracy -- in the year 1714, when Daniel Waterhouse makes his
Get all three novels in Neal Stephenson's New York Times bestselling "Baroque Cycle" in one e-book, including: Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the
Hetekig a New York Times bestseller listáján!
2015 legjelentősebb sci-fi megjelenése.
„A Hold mindenféle előjel és látható ok nélkül