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By Stephen Baxter, Alastair Reynolds

ISBN-10: 1473210186

ISBN-13: 9781473210189

A sequel to Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s Nebula Award–winning novella “A assembly with Medusa,” this novel keeps the exciting event of astronaut Howard Falcon, humanity’s first explorer of Jupiter from sleek technology fiction masters.

Howard Falcon nearly misplaced his existence in an twist of fate because the first human astronaut to discover the ambience of Jupiter—and a mixture of human ingenuity and technical services introduced him again. yet he's now not himself. in its place, he has been became an augmented human: half guy, half laptop, and awfully capable.

With permission from the Clarke property, Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds proceed this loved writer’s enduring imaginative and prescient and feature created a clean tale for brand new readers. The Medusa Chronicles charts Falcon’s trip during the centuries granted via his new physique, yet consistently again to mysteries of Jupiter and the altering interplay among humanity and the universe. A compelling learn jam-packed with terrific motion correct from the start, it is a sleek vintage within the spirit of 2001 and The Martian.

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They might as well have been dashing against cliffs for all the difference it made to the great ship. On deck there was not a trace of the swell, not a trace of rocking. The Sam Shore felt as solid and still as if it were anchored to the seabed. So what was wrong? Falcon’s eyes swept to port and starboard. Zoom and focus. Machines frolicked in the grey waters, their pale white bodies easily mistaken for living things. Track and enhance. The sleek forms, each a few metres long and equipped with cameras, grabber arms and miniaturised sonar pods, swam gracefully alongside the tremendous hull.

Already people were on their feet, pushing their way out of the room – but even now they cowered back from Falcon, a seven-foot-tall pillar of gold. Hope Dhoni was still where he and Webster had left her, in the Observation Lounge, her glass of iced tea half-drunk on the table where she sat. And she was staring at a white form that clung to the huge observation window. It was a sea sprite, clamped to the glass, Falcon recognised, with a grim sense of foreboding fulfilled. ‘I knew it. ’ Webster came hurrying after Falcon.

Falcon rolled back from the table, straightened up, and left. When he’d gone, Dhoni said, ‘I suppose I should apologise. ’ Webster’s look was rueful. ‘Oh, we were making a fine job of that by ourselves.  . ’ ‘That’s what he said, as he was about to leave Jupiter. ” The control team up at Jupiter V heard it clearly.  . ‘But in a way he has a point. About Jupiter anyhow. His mission in the Kon-Tiki was heroic, but he only scratched the surface. Jupiter is an ocean of mystery. Literally anything might be found down there.

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