Century Rain

Alastair Reynolds

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Gollancz
01 February 2009

Science fiction; Time Travel Romance; War; Space Exploration

Three hundred years in the future, Verity Auger is a specialist in the archaeological exploration of Earth, rendered uninhabitable after the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. After a field-trip to goes badly wrong, Verity is forced to redeem herself by participating in a dangerous mission, for which her expertise in invaluable.

Using a backdoor into an unstable alien transit system, Auger's faction has discovered something astonishing at the far end of a wormhole:

mid twentieth-century Earth, preserved like a fly in amber. Is it a window into the past, a simulation, or something else entirely?

CENTURY RAIN is not just a time-travel story, nor a tale of alternate history. Part hard SF thriller, part interstellar adventure, part noir romance, CENTURY RAIN is something altogether stranger.

By: Alastair Reynolds
Imprint: Gollancz
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 422g
ISBN: 9780575082496
ISBN 10: 0575082496
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 01 February 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: www.alastairreynolds.com

Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. Since 1991 he has lived in the Netherlands, near Leiden, where he works part-time as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency.

Short-listed for British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 2005
Short-listed for British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 2005 (UK)
Shortlisted for British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 2005.