{"product_id":"9780345496546","title":"The Dreaming Void","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHamilton, Peter F.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDel Rey\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/24\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMass-market Paperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviewers exhaust superlatives when it comes to the science fiction of Peter F.  Hamilton. His complex and engaging novels, which span thousands of years–and light-years–are  as intellectually stimulating as they are emotionally fulfilling. Now, with \u003ci\u003eThe Dreaming  Void,\u003c\/i\u003e the first volume in a trilogy set in the same far-future  as his acclaimed Commonwealth saga, Hamilton has created another ambitious and gripping  space epic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The year is 3589, fifteen hundred years after Commonwealth forces  barely staved off human extinction in a war against the alien Prime. Now an even  greater danger has surfaced: a threat to the existence of the universe itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At  the very heart of the galaxy is the Void, a self-contained microuniverse that cannot  be breached, cannot be destroyed, and cannot be stopped as it steadily expands in  all directions, consuming everything in its path: planets, stars, civilizations.  The Void has existed for untold millions of years. Even the oldest and most technologically  advanced of the galaxy’s sentient races, the Raiel, do not know its origin, its makers,  or its purpose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But then Inigo, an astrophysicist studying the Void, begins dreaming  of human beings who live within it. Inigo’s dreams reveal a world in which thoughts  become actions and dreams become reality. Inside the Void, Inigo sees paradise. Thanks  to the gaiafield, a neural entanglement wired into most humans, Inigo’s dreams are  shared by hundreds of millions–and a religion, the Living Dream, is born, with Inigo  as its prophet. But then he vanishes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Suddenly there is a new wave of dreams. Dreams  broadcast by an unknown Second Dreamer serve as the inspiration for a massive Pilgrimage  into the Void. But there is a chance that by attempting to enter the Void, the pilgrims  will trigger a catastrophic expansion, an accelerated devourment phase that will  swallow up thousands of worlds. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And thus begins a desperate race to find Inigo  and the mysterious Second Dreamer. Some seek to prevent the Pilgrimage; others to  speed its progress–while within the Void, a supreme entity has turned its gaze, for  the first time, outward. . . .","brand":"Del Rey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43365820891391,"sku":"9780345496546","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780345496546_s600x595.jpg?v=1782320655","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780345496546","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}