Binding: Mass Market Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9780345461674 ISBN: 0345461673 Label: Del Rey Manufacturer: Del Rey Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1024 Publication Date: March 27, 2007 Publisher: Del Rey Release Date: March 27, 2007 Sales Rank: 34480 Studio: Del Rey
Product DescriptionPeter F. Hamilton’s superbly imagined, cunningly plotted interstellar adventures are conceived on a staggeringly epic scale and filled with fully realized human and alien characters as complex as they are engaging. No mere world builder, Hamilton creates entire universes–and he does so with irresistible flair and intelligence. His previous novel, the acclaimed Pandora’s Star, introduced the Intersolar Commonwealth, a star-spanning civilization of the twenty-fourth century. Robust, peaceful, and confident, the Commonwealth dispatched a ship to investigate the mystery of a disappearing star, only to inadvertently unleash a predatory alien species that turned on its liberators, striking hard, fast, and utterly without mercy.
The Prime are the Commonwealth’s worst nightmare. Coexistence is impossible with the technologically advanced aliens, who are genetically hardwired to exterminate all other forms of life. Twenty-three planets have already fallen to the invaders, with casualties in the hundreds of millions. And no one knows when or where the genocidal Prime will strike next.
Nor are the Prime the only threat. For more than a hundred years, a shadowy cult, the Guardians of Selfhood, has warned that an alien with mind-control abilities impossible to detect or resist–the Starflyer–has secretly infiltrated the Commonwealth. Branded as terrorists, the Guardians and their leader, Bradley Johansson, have been hunted by relentless investigator Paula Myo. But now evidence suggests that the Guardians were right all along, and that the Starflyer has placed agents in vital posts throughout the Commonwealth–agents who are now sabotaging the war effort. Is the Starflyer an ally of the Prime, or has it orchestrated a fight to the death between the two species for its own advantage?
Caught between two deadly enemies, one a brutal invader striking from without, the other a remorseless cancer killing from within, the fractious Commonwealth must unite as never before.
This will be humanity’s finest hour–or its last gasp.
From the Hardcover edition.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Judas Unchained
Judas Unchained is a literatural masterpiece. Hamilton really pulls everything together in this exciting, mind intruging text. An expert at writing Science Fiction, I am happy to say, this book lived up to all my expectations.
Rating: - Good sci-fi. An improvement over Pandroa's Star.
I finished Pandora's Star, the prequel to Judas Unchained, some months ago before I picked up the latter. After reading Pandora's Star, I needed a break from Hamilton's style, which at the time was overly-descriptive of landscapes, heavy on detailing technology, and very tough to get through at times. Hamilton's rehtorical style focuses very heavily on technology, and I can see where he gets his reputation of being incredibly imaginitive. Both books are filled with ideas which are both plausible ... Read More
Rating: - One Word... WOW
This book was absolutly amazing. It was hard to believe that Peter F. Hamilton could build upon the first book in the series, Pandora's Star, but he did it.
Judas Unchained is a great book with different elements coming together in ways that continue to impress and shock you.
READ THIS BOOK!
Rating: - Nice conclusion to Pandoras Star
This book is the conclusion to the story started in Pandora's Star. While this was also a very fun book to read, the plot lagged in areas. The climax seemed like it came was too early with a couple hundred pages before the ending climax, which in my opinion was a slight let down. Overall though the book was definitely worth reading and created an immersive world to loose yourself in for a while.
Rating: - Another rollicking space opera from Hamilton
Hamilton's got a real knack for writing expansive, compelling sci-fi epics, and along with the initial "Pandora's Star", this is another great read.
- Judas Unchained 
