Fallen Dragon, Peter F. Hamilton
Fallen Dragon, Peter F. Hamilton
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Fallen Dragon

Author: Peter F. Hamilton

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 26 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/01/2016

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

In the distant future, corporations have become sustainable communities with their own militaries, and corporate goals have essentially replaced political ideology. On a youthful, rebellious impulse, Lawrence joined the military of a corporation that he now recognizes to be ruthless and exploitative. His only hope for escape is to earn enough money to buy his place in a better corporation. When his platoon is sent to a distant colony to quell a local resistance effort, it seems like a stroke of amazing fortune, and Lawrence plans to rob the colony of their fabled gemstone, the Fallen Dragon, to get the money he needs. However, he soon discovers that the Fallen Dragon is not a gemstone at all, but an alien life form that the local colonists have been protecting since it crashed in their area. Now, Lawrence has to decide if he will steal the alien to exploit the use of its inherent biotechnical processes—which far exceed anything humans are capable of—or if he will help the Resistance get the alien home.

About Peter F. Hamilton

Peter F. Hamilton is the author of numerous novels, including 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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by mark

hi there! * review: Hamilton is a surprisingly contemplative writer in this rare (only?) standalone novel. he layers diverse and often opposing ideas about identity, ambition, globalization, colonialism, and corporate (ir)responsibility atop a fun and compelling narrative chock-full of detailed w......more

Goodreads review by Paul

Updated from four to five stars after I couldn't get this book out of my head. This one has stuck with me and that, for me, is usually a clear indicator of a five star book I've no idea how to describe this book. I'm not much of a 'hard sci-fi' fan and there were definitely parts of this book where I......more

Goodreads review by Raquel

Novela con varias tramas coherentes interconectadas, tecnicismos tecnológicos que suenan muy coherentes, personajes convincentes y dilemas éticos en el proceso de colonización humana del espacio que me han tenido enganchada. Muy buena novela.......more

Goodreads review by Becky

Unusually for Hamilton, Fallen Dragon is not part of a trilogy, and I think that the book gains a lot for standing on its own. Enjoyable plotting, with strong character development, does start a bit slow, but it doesn't suffer from the science-heavy focus of some of his other work. Interestingly, th......more