Redemption Ark

With his new novel, the direct sequel to Revelation Space, astronomer-author Alastair Reynolds redefines what it means to be "the most exciting space opera writer working today."* Late in the twenty-sixth century, the human race accidentally triggers the Inhibitors. Fifty years later, these alien killing machines--designed to detect intelligent life and destroy it--are fast approaching. The only hope for humanity lies in the recovery of a secret cache of doomsday weapons--and a renegade named Clavain is determined to find them. But other factions want the weapons for their own devices. And the weapons themselves have another agenda altogether...