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To sleep in a sea of stars / Christopher Paolini.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Fractalverse novelPublisher: New York : Tor, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First U.S. EditionDescription: 878 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250762849
  • 1250762847
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: A space voyager living her dream of exploring new worlds lands on a distant planet ripe for colonization before her discovery of a mysterious relic transforms her life and threatens the entire human race.Summary: During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira Navárez finds an alien relic. At first delighted, her elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact is not at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. Now Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation-- and Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope.-- adapted from jacket
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Science Fiction/Fantasy PAOLINI, CHRISTOP FR 1 Checked out liquid damage/staining on top corner of pages. 3/24/2023 07/03/2024 33111009753571
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Science Fiction/Fantasy PAOLINI, CHRISTOP Available 33111010398747
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library Science Fiction/Fantasy PAOLINI, CHRISTOP Checked out 06/22/2024 33111009016920
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Now a New York Times and USA Today bestseller!

Winner of Best Science Fiction in the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards!

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a brand new epic novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eragon , Christopher Paolini.

Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds.

Now she's awakened a nightmare.

During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move .

As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn't at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human.

While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now, Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope . . .

The Fractalverse Series
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Fractal Noise

"To Sleep is actually the first of what will be many books in what I'm calling the Fractalverse." -- source: https://www.paolini.net

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

A space voyager living her dream of exploring new worlds lands on a distant planet ripe for colonization before her discovery of a mysterious relic transforms her life and threatens the entire human race.

During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira Navárez finds an alien relic. At first delighted, her elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact is not at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. Now Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation-- and Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope.-- adapted from jacket

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