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**AD-TEAM** · 12-21-2024, 07:51 PM

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Quote:The award-winning author of the Hyperion series shifts between dark fantasy, space opera, hard sci fi & mainstream fiction in this five-novella collection.

An extraordinary artist with few rivals in his chosen arena, Dan Simmons possesses a restless talent that continually presses boundaries while tantalizing the mind and touching the soul. Now he offers us a superb quintet of novellas-five dazzling masterworks of speculative fiction, including "Orphans of the Helix," his award-winning return to the Hyperion Universe-that demonstrates the unique mastery, breathtaking invention, and flawless craftsmanship of one of contemporary fiction's true greats.
[*]Human colonists seeking something other than godhood encounter their long-lost "cousins" . . . and an ancient scourge.
[*]A devastated man in suicide's embrace is caught up in a bizarre cat-and-mouse game with a young woman possessing a world-ending power.
[*]The distant descendants of a once-oppressed people learn a chilling lesson about the persistence of the past.
[*]A terrifying ascent up the frigid, snow-swept slopes of K2 shatters preconceptions and reveals the true natures of four climbers, one of whom is not human.
[*]At the intersection of a grand past and a threadbare present, an aging American in Russia confronts his own mortality as he glimpses a wondrous future.

Category:Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories, Other Fantasy Fiction Categories, Short Story Collections, Other Science Fiction Categories, Fantasy Short Stories, Science Fiction Short Stories

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