ISBN: 0446565512 9780446565516

Category: Fiction / Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction

Page count: 324

<p><b>The revised edition of the Nebula Award–winning author's “most adventurous, most philosophical, and most scientifically creative novel” (</b><i><b>Houston Post</b></i><b>).</b></p><p><i>Tides of Light </i>is the fourth book of Gregory Benford's Galactic Center series, a classic tale of humanity's future and fate—and the greatest mystery from outer space that it has ever encountered.<br><br>Piloting an ancient starship, Killeen and the Bishop tribe escape the mech-ruled world of Snowglade. Seeking refuge on a far away planet, they discover vast wonders: an organic life-form as large as a world, a planet-coring cosmic string, a community of humans ruled by a brutal tyrant, and ultimately an alien race more awesome than any they have known before. </p><p>As they battle for survival against these myriad dangers, Killeen and his crew will gain an unforeseen ally . . . one that may determine humanity's true destiny . . .</p>