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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

By: Christopher Paolini
Narrated by: Jennifer Hale
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Goodreads Choice Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a masterful epic science fiction novel from the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of the Inheritance Cycle, 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 . . .







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©2020 Christopher Paolini (P)2020 Macmillan Audio First Contact Science Fiction Space Opera

Critic Reviews

Praise for Christopher Paolini and his work:

'Christopher Paolini is a true rarity' – Washington Post

'An authentic work of great talent' – New York Times Book Review

'A breathtaking and unheard of success' – USA Today

'Christopher Paolini make[s] literary magic' – People
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Like many books, the storyline developed and changed as the project went on, but the beginning was never revised to be fully compatible with the end. The heroine is an adolescent- seeming woman in her 30s who comes across an alien artefact which envelopes her and causes general havoc.
The nature, intelligence and motivation of this artefact change as the author introduces more and weirder aliens and the book becomes a space opera with magic thrown in.

Started out as young adult sci-fi, but prpgressively mutated into teen magic fantasy

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