Ultima, Stephen Baxter
Ultima, Stephen Baxter
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Ultima

Author: Stephen Baxter

Series: Proxima #2

Narrator: Kyle McCarley

Unabridged: 21 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/04/2015

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

On the planet of Per Ardua, alien artifacts were discovered—hatches that allowed humans to step across light-years of space as if they were stepping into another room. But this newfound freedom has consequences.

As humanity discovers the real nature of the universe, a terrifying truth comes to light: We all have countless pasts converging in this present—and our future is terrifyingly finite. There are minds in the universe that are billions of years old, and now we are vulnerable to their plans for us.

It's time to fight back and take control.

About Stephen Baxter

Stephen Baxter has published over forty books, mostly science fiction novels, and many short stories. Published around the world, he has also won major awards in the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and Japan. He has degrees from Cambridge and Southampton Universities. Stephen lives in Northumberland with his wife.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on February 10, 2017

This one was a satisfying end to the duology as long as we go along with the premise that the past is always full of options and the future always ends in death. I'm talking universal death under the theory that there is a finite number of universes in a multi-verse, meaning that somewhere along the......more

Goodreads review by Mark on December 23, 2014

After the pleasant surprise of Proxima, in Ultima we’re launched straight into the cliff-hanger ending of the previous novel. (And so, in order to explain further, major plot revelations from Proxima have to be revealed here. You have been warned.) From the publisher: “In PROXIMA we discovered ancien......more

Goodreads review by Philip on December 15, 2016

Disclaimer: I joined goodreads just so I could review this book. This review is heavy on personal opinion and fueled by the post-read come down. In a way, it's hard to review Ultima without also referring to Proxima, since it's a direct continuation of the story and doesn't make much sense without P......more

Goodreads review by Raphael on April 19, 2020

Dieses Buch hat genau das, was ich an Sience-Fiction so mag, komplexe Themen in Physik, Astophysik, Biologie, Genetik und so weiter, vereint mit einer guten Geschichte, mit Liebe, Schmerz, Hoffnungen und Träumen. Das ganze gepaart mit Raumschiffen, reisen zu anderen Planeten und Monden und einem gro......more