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Exodus: The Archimedes Engine
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Explore EXODUS, a new sci-fi action-adventure RPG coming soon from Archetype Entertainment featured in this epic novel from legendary author Peter F. Hamilton.
Forty thousand years ago, humanity fled a dying Earth. Traveling in massive arkships, these brave pioneers spread out across the galaxy to find a new home. After traveling thousands of light-years, one fleet of arkships arrived at Centauri, a dense cluster of stars with a vast array of potentially habitable planets. The survivors of Earth signaled to the remaining arkships that humanity had finally found its new home among the stars.
Thousands of years later, the Centauri Cluster has flourished. The original settlers have evolved into advanced beings known as Celestials and divided themselves into powerful Dominions. One of the most influential is that of the Crown Celestials, an alliance of five great houses that controls vast areas of Centauri. As arkships continue to arrive, the remaining humans and their descendants must fight for survival against overwhelming odds or be forced into serving the Crown Dominion.
Among those yearning for a better life is Finn, for whom Earth is not a memory but merely a footnote from humanity’s ancient history. Born on one of the Crown Dominion worlds, Finn has known nothing but the repressive rule of the Celestials, though he dreams of the possibility of boundless space beyond his home.
When another arkship from Earth, previously thought lost, unexpectedly arrives, Finn sees his chance to embrace a greater destiny and become a Traveler—one of a group of brave heroes dedicated to ensuring humanity’s future by journeying into the vast unknown of distant space.
Forty thousand years ago, humanity fled a dying Earth. Traveling in massive arkships, these brave pioneers spread out across the galaxy to find a new home. After traveling thousands of light-years, one fleet of arkships arrived at Centauri, a dense cluster of stars with a vast array of potentially habitable planets. The survivors of Earth signaled to the remaining arkships that humanity had finally found its new home among the stars.
Thousands of years later, the Centauri Cluster has flourished. The original settlers have evolved into advanced beings known as Celestials and divided themselves into powerful Dominions. One of the most influential is that of the Crown Celestials, an alliance of five great houses that controls vast areas of Centauri. As arkships continue to arrive, the remaining humans and their descendants must fight for survival against overwhelming odds or be forced into serving the Crown Dominion.
Among those yearning for a better life is Finn, for whom Earth is not a memory but merely a footnote from humanity’s ancient history. Born on one of the Crown Dominion worlds, Finn has known nothing but the repressive rule of the Celestials, though he dreams of the possibility of boundless space beyond his home.
When another arkship from Earth, previously thought lost, unexpectedly arrives, Finn sees his chance to embrace a greater destiny and become a Traveler—one of a group of brave heroes dedicated to ensuring humanity’s future by journeying into the vast unknown of distant space.
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“Wow, what a book. This is my first Peter F. Hamilton book but it definitely won't be the last. Mass Effect is one of my favorite video game series so when I saw that a new game studio formed by former Bioware devs that made the games I loved were basically making a Mass Effect successor with a world planned out by Hamilton, I had to see what was going on.
I'll start by saying this book is DENSE, but thats because it spends a good bit on world building, and what a world it is. The first few pages do a great job and the rest of the book goes into explaining things.
I can't explain it all here, but the characters and the setting are top notch and some great twists and turns.
The series is planned as a duology and I I can't wait for the next book. Will also have to start looking into more of Hamiltons work.”
“This is, unfortunately, very far from Hamilton at his best.
While the worldbuilding was interesting, it felt quite shallow in a lot of areas. A lot of the main characters also felt very shallow, with very little defining features or development. The plot felt rushed, and while I normally love several different separate plotlines slowly coalescing into one overall story (a feat that, usually, Hamilton is extremely good at), there was way too much crammed in here and, given this book was 1355 pages, it's a *wild* complaint to have that it was too short. I think perhaps most of these points are due to it being a game tie in (limited control over worldbuilding; an incentive to showcase highlights of perhaps too many locations/characters/factions; having to write in the american style to match the source material) but still. I won't lie. I do feel a little let down by it.
Also, his prose isn't normally quite this bad, is it??? Because, christ, someone get this man a competent editor.”
About Peter F. Hamilton
Peter F. Hamilton is the author of numerous novels, including Salvation, Salvation Lost, The Saints of Salvation, A Night Without Stars, The Abyss Beyond Dreams, Great North Road, The Evolutionary Void, The Temporal Void, The Dreaming Void, Judas Unchained, Pandora’s Star, Misspent Youth, Fallen Dragon, and the acclaimed epic Night’s Dawn trilogy: The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist, and The Naked God. He lives with his family in England.
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