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The award-winning author of the Revelation Space trilogy presents a spectacular, galaxy-spanning space opera with a very human heart.

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Six million years ago, at the very dawn of the starfaring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones: the shatterlings. Sent out into the galaxy, these shatterlings have stood aloof as they document the rise and fall of countless human empires. They meet every 200,000 years to exchange news and memories of their travels with their siblings.

Not only are Campion and Purslane late for their thirty-second reunion but they have also brought along an amnesiac golden robot for a guest. But the wayward shatterlings get more than the scolding they expect: they face the discovery that someone has a very serious grudge against the Gentian line, and there is a very real possibility of traitors in their midst. The surviving shatterlings have to dodge exotic weapons while they regroup to try to solve the mystery of who is persecuting them and why—before their ancient line is wiped out of existence forever.

"Intriguing ideas and competent characterization make this a fine example of grand-scale relativistic space opera." ---Publishers Weekly

House of Suns

Author Alastair Reynolds

Narrated by John Lee

Publication date Sep 14, 2009

Running time 18 hrs

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