Author: Stephen Baxter Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science fiction
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Half a million years in the future, on a dead, war-ravaged world at the centre of the Galaxy, there is a mile-high statue of Michael Poole.
Poole, born on Earth in the fourth millennium, was one of mankind's most influential heroes. He was not a warrior, not an emperor. He was an engineer, a builder of wormhole transit systems. But Poole's work would ultimately lead to a vast and destructive conflict, a million-year war between humanity and the enigmatic, powerful aliens known as the Xeelee.
The Xeelee won, but at a huge cost. And, defeated in a greater war, the Xeelee eventually fled the universe. Most of them.
A handful were left behind, equipped with time travel capabilities, their task to tidy up: to reorder history more to the Xeelee's liking. That million-year war with humankind was one blemish. It had to be erased. And in order to do that, a lone Xeelee was sent back in time to remove Michael Poole from history . . .
This book is part of the "Xeelee Sequence" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Xeelee: Endurance" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Riding the Rock" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Vacuum Diagrams" First published in 1997 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Ring" First published in 1994 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Flux" First published in 1993 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Timelike Infinity" First published in 1992 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Raft" First published in 1991 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Starfall" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Redemption" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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