Starfall [hc]

For nine hundred years, a dynasty of Empresses all named Shira--apparent descendants of a refugee from a nightmarish future epoch--has governed Earth and all the new worlds of humankind. But now rebellion looms at last. In Alpha Centauri System, a visionary named Flood has assembled a fleet, armed with ferocious weapons, its mission to attack the Empire and force its surrender. Flood is prepared to bombard Earth into submission if need be, smashing its cities, killing billions... Why? What is at the root of his singular fanaticism? Without answers to this riddle, the combatants prepare for war: rival fleets of starships; stealthy invaders concealed within a comet; intelligent information-eating viruses with infinite appetites; contemplative ascetics living just above the surface of the Sun. And others... Enter Series Index : 12 of 12 Record Notes : Found Part of Series ES Group : SIPZ_E_Only All Identifiers : amazon:190630159X, google:UbUrAQAAIAAJ, isbn:9781906301590, mobi-asin:a2352da4-6af5-4e8e-95c4-5b2cbf3ad6c3 Test Search : Starfall / Stephen Baxter Test Compare Series to Entered: eq Formats : EPUB ES Cover Quality : ICBF Quick Search : Stephen Baxter Xeelee Sequence Number of Words in Auth: 2 Has Cover : Yes Test Text Series Index: 12 Single Author : Stephen Baxter Raw Title : Starfall Calc ESI Part 2 : of Sorted Author by LN, FN: Baxter, Stephen EBook : Have Calc Series Group : Xeelee Sequence Title Length : 8 Num of Aut : 1 Calc ESI Combined : 12 of 190 Record ID : 769 Enter New Series (Calced): SIPZ_E_Only.Xeelee Sequence.Scifan.12 of 12..ICBF ES Name : Xeelee Sequence Uncomma Author : Stephen Baxter ES Genre : Scifan Calc New Series : Xeelee Sequence.... Calc ESI Part 3 : 12 Compare Author : eq Calc ESI Part 1 : 12 ABook : E_Only Custom Series : SIPY.Xeelee Sequence.Scifan.12 of 12..ICBF Title Parm A : Starfall From Stephen Baxter, an exciting new episode in his acclaimed Xeelee future Starfall, a tale if war between the Empire of Sol and its scattered stellar colonies, with sinister turns of fate waiting in the wings . . . For nine hundred years, a dynasty of Empresses all named Shira apparent descendants of a refugee from a nightmarish future epoch has governed Earth and all the new worlds of humankind. But now rebellion looms last. In Alpha Centauri System, a visionary named Flood has assembled a fleet, armed with ferocious weapons, its mission to attack the Empire and force its surrender. Flood is prepared to bombard Earth in submission if need be, smashing its cities, killing billions . . . Why? What is at the root of his singular fanaticism?