Archimedes Engine

, #1

Hardcover, 893 pages

English language

Published Sept. 17, 2024 by Random House Worlds.

ISBN:
978-0-593-35766-8
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Forty thousand years ago, humanity fled a dying Earth. Traveling in massive arkships, these brave pioneers spread out across the galaxy to find a new home. After traveling thousands of light-years, one fleet of arkships arrived at Centauri, a dense cluster of stars with a vast array of potentially habitable planets. The survivors of Earth signaled to the remaining arkships that humanity had finally found its new home among the stars.

Thousands of years later, the Centauri Cluster has flourished. The original settlers have evolved into advanced beings known as Celestials and divided themselves into powerful Dominions. One of the most influential is that of the Crown Celestials, an alliance of five great houses that controls vast areas of Centauri. As arkships continue to arrive, the remaining humans and their descendants must fight for survival against overwhelming odds or be forced into serving the Crown Dominion.

Among those yearning for …

3 editions

Decent action book

I did enjoy this book, it's not that deep, isn't paced that well, but it is a fun well written action book, that brings more or less exactly pew pew action, Hamilton did land the ending this time, and it was pretty good. Fun book all in all just maybe a bit longer than what was needed.

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Science Fiction