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003 OCoLC
005 20101021195033.0
008 090828s2006 nyu 000 f eng d
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035 $a(OCoLC)434513468
090 $aPR6058.A5536$bJ83 2006b
100 1 $aHamilton, Peter F.
245 10 $aJudas unchained /$cPeter F. Hamilton.
250 $aAdvance uncorrected proofs.
260 $aNew York :$bDel Rey / Ballantine Books,$cc2006.
300 $axi, 827 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aThe second book in the Commonwealth Saga series
520 $aThe previous novel, 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. Against this backdrop, Captain Wilson Kime confides to Paula Myo, chief investigator at the Intersolar Serious Crimes Directorate, his belief that humans are being manipulated. 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 Paula. 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.
650 0 $aHuman-alien encounters$vFiction.
650 0 $aExtraterrestrial beings$vFiction.
650 0 $aSpace warfare$vFiction.
650 0 $aAsymmetric warfare$vFiction.
650 0 $aSabotage$vFiction.
650 0 $aInterstellar travel$vFiction.
650 0 $aLife on other planets$vFiction.
650 0 $aSpace colonies$vFiction.
650 0 $aCorporations$vFiction.
650 0 $aArms race$vFiction.
655 7 $aScience fiction.$2gsafd
650 0 $aScience fiction.$2gsafd
830 0 $aCommonwealth Saga series ;$vbk. 2.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0624/2005048440-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0624/2005048440-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2005048440-s.html
994 $aZ0$bPMR
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 7 OTHER HOLDINGS