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Dark Eden
Series: Dark Eden
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Dark Eden
A marooned outpost of humanity struggles to survive on an alien world: sci-fi as it ought to be from British sci-fi's great white hope.
A marooned outpost of humanity struggles to survive on a startlingly alien world: science fiction as it ought to be from the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award, 2013
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You live in Eden. You are a member of the Family, one of 532 descendants of Angela and Tommy. You shelter beneath the light and warmth of the Forest's lantern trees. Beyond the forest lie the mountains of the Snowy Dark and a cold so bitter and a night so profound that no man has ever crossed it.
The Oldest among you recount legends of a world where light came from the sky, where men and women made boats that could cross between worlds. One day, the Oldest say, they will come back for you.
You live in Eden. You are a member of the Family, one of 532 descendants of two marooned explorers. You huddle, slowly starving, beneath the light and warmth of geothermal trees, confined to one barely habitable valley of an alien, sunless world.
You are John Redlantern. You will break the laws of Eden, shatter the Family and change history. You will be the first to abandon the old ways, the first to kill another, the first to venture into the Dark, and the first to discover the truth about Eden.
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The reviews of Dark Eden highlight its compelling storytelling and richly imagined world, with praise for the beauty and terror of the planet Beckett crafts. Described as haunting and captivating, the book is said to possess stunning writing and dazzling inventiveness. Critics suggest it is deserving of literary awards and emphasise its significance for science fiction aficionados.
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ISBN: 9781848874640
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 August 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Corvus
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 190.0mm
Weight: 380g
Pages: 416
About the Author
Chris Beckett is a university lecturer living in Cambridge. He has written over 20 short stories, many of them originally published in Interzone and Asimov's. He is the winner of the Edge Hill Short Story competition, 2009, for The Turing Test, as well as the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke award, 2013, for Dark Eden.
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