To sleep in a sea of stars / Christopher Paolini.
Publication details: London : Tor, 2020.Description: 878 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781529046519 (paperback)
- Space colonies -- Fiction
- Life on other planets -- Fiction
- Space warfare -- Fiction
- Space warfare
- Space colonies
- Life on other planets
- Human-alien encounters
- Women biologists -- Fiction
- Xenobiotics -- Fiction
- Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction
- Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction
- End of the world -- Fiction
- Humanity -- Fiction
- Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
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During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, xenobiologist Kira Navarez finds an alien relic that thrusts her into the wonders and nightmares of first contact. Epic space battles for the fate of humanity take her to the farthest reaches of the galaxy and, in the process, transform not only her but the entire course of history. 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.