To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

Author: Paolini, Christopher

Space opera

Published on 30 September 2021 by PAN MACMILLAN (Tor) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 880 pages
132 x 196 x 57 | 610g

Goodreads Choice Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.

'Action-packed SF adventure that zings along at hyperluminal speed' – Peter F. Hamilton, author of Pandora's StarTo Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a masterful, epic science fiction novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Inheritance Cycle, Christopher Paolini.

Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds.

Now she has awakened a nightmare.

During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she’s delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move.

As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn’t at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human.

While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now, Kira might be humanity’s greatest and final hope . . .

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Praise for Christopher Paolini: 'Christopher Paolini is a true rarity' – Washington Post'An authentic work of great talent' – New York Times Book Review'A breathtaking and unheard of success' – USA Today'Christopher Paolini makes literary magic' – People