The Dreaming Void, Peter F. Hamilton
The Dreaming Void, Peter F. Hamilton
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The Dreaming Void

Author: Peter F. Hamilton

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 22 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/10/2008


Synopsis

AD 3580. The Intersolar Commonwealth has spread through the galaxy to over a thousand star systems. It is a culture of rich diversity with a place for everyone. A powerful navy protects it from any hostile species that may lurk among the stars. For Commonwealth citizens, even death has been overcome.

At the center of the galaxy is the Void, a strange, artificial universe created by aliens billions of years ago, shrouded by an event horizon more deadly than any natural black hole. In order to function, it is gradually consuming the mass of the galaxy. Watched over by its ancient enemies, the Raiel, the Void's expansion is barely contained.

Inigo dreams of the sweet life within the Void and shares his visions with billions of avid believers. When he mysteriously disappears, Inigo's followers decide to embark on a pilgrimage into the Void to live the life of their messiah's dreams—a pilgrimage that the Raiel claim will trigger a catastrophic expansion of the Void.

Aaron is a man whose only memory is his own name. He doesn't know who he used to be or what he is. All he does know is that his job is to find the missing messiah and stop the pilgrimage. He's not sure how to do that, but whoever he works for has provided some pretty formidable weaponry that ought to help.

Meanwhile, inside the Void, a youth called Edeard is coming to terms with his unusually strong telepathic powers. A junior constable in Makkathran, he starts to challenge the corruption and decay that have poisoned the city. He is determined that his fellow citizens should know hope again. What Edeard doesn't realize is just how far his message of hope is reaching.

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 Mario the lone bookwolf on February 27, 2021

1,5k millennia from now, in the year 3600, the most future set series takes place in a science fantasy mixture just as Hamiltons´milestone debut The Night´s Dawn trilogy. I deem this visions of future worlds not just entertaining and, depending on the author, very educating, but really important too......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on November 26, 2018

I've come to the conclusion that Peter F. Hamilton is an acquired taste. Maybe it just requires patience and getting used to his often HUGE PAGE COUNTS. Most of it is devoted to establishing his characters and their backstories, so it's not a huge complaint. Where he shines is his vast SF worldbuild......more

Goodreads review by Apatt on May 17, 2016

The last time I read a book by Peter F. Hamilton was around mid-April 2014, as I write it is the 2nd of April 2015, almost a year in between. The book was The Naked God, 1268 pages of eye watering mayhem. What that useless factoid means is that his books are so damn long that after I finish a serie......more

Goodreads review by Valyssia on May 20, 2018

This book bombs the Bechdel test. Those of you who just rolled your eyes are dismissed. For the rest of you, I'd like you to get your heads around the fact that this novel is over 600 pages long. It's an effing slog. In it at no time do two female characters discuss anything other than the men they'......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on May 22, 2012

This book (and indeed, the entire series) is trite fluff, and it contains almost no interesting ideas that weren't directly borrowed from much better books. The author's prose is both verbose and insipid, though he does setup some amusing situations. The principal distinctive characteristic of the a......more