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  • Fantastic sci-fi from Germany by a prize-winning author
  • Over 200,000 copies of Paradox and Transport alone sold
  • For fans of Andreas Eschbach, Frank Schätzing and Cixin Liu

 

When the stars go out …

The new sci-fi thriller from the pen of the bestselling author Phillip P. Peterson.

Physicist Susan Boyle monitors a neutrino telescope during winter in the Antarctic. She receives a strong signal from a nearby cluster of stars, but cannot make out anything unusual. Until gradually more and more stars disappear from the sky. The astronaut Colin Curtis is preparing for landing in the lunar orbit. But the maneouvre is aborted when an astronomer in his crew discovers an alien spacecraft, which is approaching our solar system at great speed. It sends a radio message to humanity, consisting entirely of physics formulas, before disappearing again. In time, it becomes clear to the scientists that something is approaching from deep space. Something so powerful that it will shake earth to its very foundations. 

'This is the ultimate catastrophe thriller. And possibly also the most foolhardy rescue operation ever undertaken. Wonderful!'

Andreas Eschbach

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  • Publisher: FISCHER Tor
  • Release: 23.09.2020
  • ISBN: 978-3-596-70074-5
  • 496 Pages
  • Author: Phillip P. Peterson
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Phillip P. Peterson

Phillip P. Peterson worked as an engineer on prospective rocket carrier prototypes and with satellite program management. In addition to scientific publications, he wrote for an astronautics publisher. Transport was his first novel to become a bestseller. He won the Kindle Storyteller Award in 2015 with Paradox , and Nano was recently published by FISCHER Tor. His literary role models include hard sci-fi writers Stephen Baxter, Arthur C. Clarke, and Larry Niven.