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Book Synopsis: Hugo and Shirley Jackson award-winning Peter Watts stands on the cutting edge of hard SF with his acclaimed novel, Blindsight
Two months since the stars fell...Two months of silence, while a world held its breath.
Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune's orbit, hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever's out there isn't talking to us. It's talking to some distant star, perhaps. Or perhaps to something closer, something en route.
So who do you send to force introductions with unknown and unknowable alien intellect that doesn't wish to be met?
You send a linguist with multiple personalities, her brain surgically partitioned into separate, sentient processing cores. You send a biologist so radically interfaced with machinery that he sees x-rays and tastes ultrasound. You send a pacifist warrior in the faint hope she won't be needed. You send a monster to command them all, an extinct hominid predator once called vampire, recalled from the grave with the voodoo of recombinant genetics and the blood of sociopaths. And you send a synthesist―an informational topologist with half his mind gone―as an interface between here and there.
Pray they can be trusted with the fate of a world. They may be more alien than the thing they've been sent to find.
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Experience the mind-bending world of hard science fiction with Blindsight, the award-winning novel by Peter Watts. Set in a world where silence has gripped the planet for two long months, a faint signal from the edge of the solar system sparks hope and curiosity. Who or what is trying to make contact? It's a mystery that only the most unique and extraordinary team can solve.
Enter a linguist who embodies multiple personalities, a biologist equipped with cutting-edge machinery that expands his senses beyond human limits, a pacifist warrior who hopes to keep violence at bay, and a resurrected predator known as a vampire, ready to lead this team. But the cherry on top? A synthesist, an informational genius, whose consciousness spans two worlds. Together, they embark on a perilous mission to meet the enigmatic alien intellect.
Prepare to be captivated as these remarkable characters uncover secrets and navigate uncharted territories, all while facing the immense responsibility of safeguarding their world. Every step they take brings them closer to the truth, but also reveals just how different they are from both their target and humanity itself.
Don't miss out on the adrenaline-pumping adventure and mind-bending concepts. Immerse yourself in Blindsight and discover a new dimension of science fiction. Get your copy today and join the thrilling journey into the unknown. Click here to get your hands on this extraordinary book now!
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