Lawrence hears stories about the temple of the fallen dragon the holy place of a sect devoted to the worship of a mythical creature. This acclaimed book by peter f hamilton is available at in several formats for your ereader. Hamilton born in a colony world in 2310, lawrence newton hankered after the golden era of starships exploring the galaxy. Now the ultimate prize is within his grasp, but what will he risk to get it. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fallen dragon. But the age of human starflight was drawing to a close, so this hotheaded teenager ran away from home in search of adventure. Deploying invulnerable twentyfifthcentury soldiers called skins, z. Hamilton started to come into prominence for his trilogy novel about a psychic detective named greg mandel who was implanted with a biotechnology gland which makes him a living lie detector. Read on fallen dragon is a classic standalone novel by science fiction star, peter f. Fallen dragon in another standout in hamiltons bibliography.
His series to date are huge multivolume affairs that are as impressive as they are ambitious. Fallen dragon is the only real stand alone space opera that peter f hamilton has written. In the distant future, corporations have become sustainable. This hefty novel of interstellar war and alien contact in the 25th century, a sort of starship troopers as if written by charles dickens, ranks as one of hamiltons best. Lawrence is the sergeant of a washedout platoon, taking part in the bungled invasion of yet another human colony world. This hefty novel of interstellar war and alien contact in the 25th century, a sort of starship troopers as if written by charles dickens, ranks as one of hamilton s best. Its priests are said to guard treasure large enough to buy lifelong happiness for any man, prompting him to mount an enterprise of his. Fallen dragon is a science fiction novel by british writer peter f. Hamilton has written space operas from short stories to trilogies to sagas. As of the publication of his 10th novel in 2004, his works had sold over 2 million copies worldwide. Its is other single volume works, and it plays with his usual structure of flashbacks. Fallen dragon is a classic standalone novel by science fiction star, peter f. Hamilton s books, and i think ive read pretty much all of them now, barring any compilations or short stories in magazines or collections etc.
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