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Judas Unchained [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
eBook by Peter F. Hamilton
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eBook Category: Science Fiction/Romance
eBook Description:  Peter F. Hamilton's superbly imagined, cunningly plotted interstellar adventures are conceived on a staggeringly epic scale and filled with fully realized human and alien characters as complex as they are engaging. No mere world builder, Hamilton creates entire universes--and he does so with irresistible flair and intelligence. His previous novel, the acclaimed Pandora's Star, introduced the Intersolar Commonwealth, a star-spanning civilization of the twenty-fourth century. Robust, peaceful, and confident, the Commonwealth dispatched a ship to investigate the mystery of a disappearing star, only to inadvertently unleash a predatory alien species that turned on its liberators, striking hard, fast, and utterly without mercy. The Prime are the Commonwealth's worst nightmare. Coexistence is impossible with the technologically advanced aliens, who are genetically hardwired to exterminate all other forms of life. Twenty-three planets have already fallen to the invaders, with casualties in the hundreds of millions. And no one knows when or where the genocidal Prime will strike next. Nor are the Prime the only threat. For more than a hundred years, a shadowy cult, the Guardians of Selfhood, has warned that an alien with mind-control abilities impossible to detect or resist--the Starflyer--has secretly infiltrated the Commonwealth. Branded as terrorists, the Guardians and their leader, Bradley Johansson, have been hunted by relentless investigator Paula Myo. But now evidence suggests that the Guardians were right all along, and that the Starflyer has placed agents in vital posts throughout the Commonwealth--agents who are now sabotaging the war effort. Is the Starflyer an ally of the Prime, or has it orchestrated a fight to the death between the two species for its own advantage? Caught between two deadly enemies, one a brutal invader striking from without, the other a remorseless cancer killing from within, the fractious Commonwealth must unite as never before. This will be humanity's finest hour--or its last gasp.
eBook Publisher: Random House, Inc./Ballantine Books
Fictionwise Release Date: March 2006
Available eBook Formats [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7 - What's this?]: SECURE MOBIPOCKET FORMAT (1.0 MB], SECURE MICROSOFT READER FORMAT (1.2 MB] - Requires Microsoft Reader 2.1.1 for PCs, or Microsoft Reader 2.2.2 on Pocket PC 2002 handheld devices. Some older Pocket PCs can be upgraded. Learn More., SECURE EREADER (RECOMMENDED) FORMAT (1.1 MB], SECURE ADOBE READER 7 FORMAT (2.9 MB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [2.1 MB]
Secure Adobe Reader 7: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
Microsoft Reader ISBN, Adobe Acrobat Reader ISBN, MobiPocket Reader ISBN: 9780345490711
eReader (recommended) ISBN: 9780345490
 
"For flat-out huge widescreen all-engines-at-full I-dare-you-not-to-believe-it space opera, there is no one quite like Peter F. Hamilton." -- Richard K. Morgan, author of Altered Carbon and Market Forces
"Should be high on everyone’s reading list . . . You won’t be able to put it down." -- Nancy Pearl, National Public Radio "An imaginative and stunning tale of the perfect future threatened . . . a book of epic proportions not unlike Frank Herbert’s Dune or Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy." -- SFRevu "Recommended . . . A large cast of characters, each with his own story, brings depth and variety to this far-future saga." -- Library Journal "Complex and engaging." -- Booklist
CHAPTER ONE The harsh sound of ion pistol shots sizzled out of the speakers to reverberate around the LA Galactic security office. They were swiftly drowned out by the screams. Commander Alic Hogan watched the screens in numb horror as the assassin left the scene of Kazimir's murder behind, running along the central concourse of the Carralvo terminal, shooting as he went. Terrified passengers were throwing themselves flat or ducking down behind the railings. "Squad B are on the upper concourse," Renne reported from her console. "They have clear line of sight." "Take him out," Hogan ordered. He watched a grainy camera image as the ion pulse from the squad's sharpshooter struck the assassin. A corona of purple sparks flared briefly, outlining the running figure. "Damnit," Hogan hissed. Two more ion pulses hit. Sparks were fountaining across the concourse, burning into walls and advertising panels; people shrieked as tendrils of static writhed over their clothing, singeing deep. Smoke alarms went off, adding their howl to the general din. "He's wearing a force field suit," Renne exclaimed. "They can't penetrate from that range." Hogan opened the general communications icon in his virtual vision. "All squads close in on the target. Pursue until he's in open ground, then open fire. Overload that force field." As he watched the squads putting the new tactic into play, screens on every console started to flicker. In his virtual vision, red warning graphics sprang up across his interface with the station's network. "Kaos software has been released into the local network nodes," his e-butler reported. "The controlling RI is attempting to clear it." "Goddamnit!" Hogan's fist thumped into his console. On the other side of the room, Senator Burnelli was rising from her seat. She looked distraught, her beautiful young face twisted by some unfathomable guilt. More camera images vanished from the screens in a maelstrom of static. Only one image of the assassin remained, taken from a roof sensor. Hogan watched him race along a ramp to platform 12A. Two navy officers were chasing after him, a hundred meters behind. Ion shots were exchanged. The image drizzled away into gray haze. A harsh groan crept out of Hogan's throat. This couldn't be happening! It was an absolute disaster. Worse, it was happening in front of the Senator who'd given them their first ever real lead into the Guardians, a lead Hogan had been desperate to follow up. Hogan's virtual hand flew over icons, pulling out secure audio channels from the squads. At least the navy's dedicated systems weren't too badly affected by the kaos. "He's on the platform, he's on the platform!" "With you, coming to twelve-A through the second ramp." "Shooting." "Wait! No, civilians!" "Vic, where are you?" "There's a train coming in." "Vic? For Christ's sake." Copyright © 2006 by Peter F. Hamilton
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