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    "title": "Salvation",
    "subtitle": "Peter Hamilton",
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    "annotation": "<p>KNOW YOUR ENEMY - OR BE DEFEATED</p>\n<p>AD 2204 An alien shipwreck is discovered at the limits of human expansion, so Security Director Feriton Kayne selects a team to investigate. The ship's sinister cargonot only raises bewildering questions, but could also foreshadow humanity's extinction. Back on Earth, we can make deserts bloom and extend lifespans indefinitely, so humanity seems invulnerable. We therefore welcomed the Olyix when they contacted us. They needed fuel for their pilgrimage across the galaxy, offering their technology in exchange. But were the Olyix a blessing or a curse?</p>\n<p>THE FAR FUTURE any lightyears from Earth, Dellian and his clan of genetically engineered soldiers are raised with one goal: they must destroy their ancient adversary, who caused mankind to flee across the galaxy. Otherwise, we'll be wiped out - and we're running out of time.</p>\n<p>'Loud, proud and beyond epic' Ian McDonald 'An intoxicating combination . . . Science fiction is in excellent hands' Justina Robson 'Space-opera intrigue . . . makes the sequel a matter of urgency' Ken MacLeod 'A thoroughly enjoyable read' Neal Asher</p>\n<p>Insert jpegs of THE ABYSS BEYOND DREAMS and THE REALITY DYSFUNCTION onto back cover, with keylines</p>",
    "description": "<p><span>Humanity's complex relationship with technology spirals out of control in this first book of an all-new trilogy from \"the owner of the most powerful imagination in science fiction\" (Ken Follett).</span><br /><br /><span>In 2204, humanity is expanding into the wider galaxy in leaps and bounds. A new technology of linked jump gates has rendered most forms of transporation--including starships--virtually obsolete. Every place on earth, every distant planet mankind has settled, is now merely a step away from any other. And all seems wonderful...until a crashed alien spaceship is found on a newly-located world 89 light years from Earth, harboring seventeen human victims. And of the high-powered team dispatched to investigate the mystery, one is an alien spy...</span><br /><br /><span>Bursting with tension and big ideas, this standalone series highlights the inventiveness of an author at the top of his game, as the interweaving story lines tell us not only how humanity arrived at this moment, but also the far-future consequences that spin off from it.</span></p>",
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    "page_count": 592,
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    "publication_date_first": "2018-09-01",
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