Seeds Of Earth: Book One of Humanity's Fire
Oct 2010 · Humanity's Fire Book 1 · Hachette UK
3.7star
40 reviews
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656
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About this ebook
'Proper galaxy-spanning space opera' Iain M. Banks on Seeds of Earth
The first intelligent species to encounter mankind attacked without warning. Merciless. Relentless. Unstoppable. With little hope of halting the invasion, Earth's last roll of the dice was to dispatch three colony ships, seeds of Earth, to different parts of the galaxy. The human race would live on . . . somewhere.
150 years later, the planet Darien hosts a thriving human settlement, which enjoys a peaceful relationship with an indigenous race, the scholarly Uvovo. But there are secrets buried on Darien's forest moon. Secrets that go back to an apocalyptic battle fought between ancient races at the dawn of galactic civilisation. Unknown to its colonists Darien is about to become the focus of an intergalactic power struggle, where the true stakes are beyond their comprehension. And what choices will the Uvovo make when their true nature is revealed and the skies grow dark with the enemy?
For more epic space opera action from Michael Cobley, check out:
Humanity's Fire Trilogy:
Seeds of Earth
The Orphaned Worlds
The Ascendant Stars
Standalone novels in the Humanity's Fire universe:
Ancestral Machines
Splintered Suns
Also look out for Cobley's epic fantasy trilogy, Shadowkings!
The first intelligent species to encounter mankind attacked without warning. Merciless. Relentless. Unstoppable. With little hope of halting the invasion, Earth's last roll of the dice was to dispatch three colony ships, seeds of Earth, to different parts of the galaxy. The human race would live on . . . somewhere.
150 years later, the planet Darien hosts a thriving human settlement, which enjoys a peaceful relationship with an indigenous race, the scholarly Uvovo. But there are secrets buried on Darien's forest moon. Secrets that go back to an apocalyptic battle fought between ancient races at the dawn of galactic civilisation. Unknown to its colonists Darien is about to become the focus of an intergalactic power struggle, where the true stakes are beyond their comprehension. And what choices will the Uvovo make when their true nature is revealed and the skies grow dark with the enemy?
For more epic space opera action from Michael Cobley, check out:
Humanity's Fire Trilogy:
Seeds of Earth
The Orphaned Worlds
The Ascendant Stars
Standalone novels in the Humanity's Fire universe:
Ancestral Machines
Splintered Suns
Also look out for Cobley's epic fantasy trilogy, Shadowkings!
Ratings and reviews
3.7
40 reviews
Jacob Hurst
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November 17, 2013
The Aliens were not really alien enough for me. The AIs need to be stranger. It is all so recognisable. Having said that I enjoyed it... but I'm addict in need of my Sci-Fi fix....
Dam T
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December 6, 2015
A good read I thought.
About the author
Michael Cobley was born in the city of Leicester, has lived in Perth (Australia) and Glasgow but now resides in North Ayrshire. His previous works have included the Shadowkings trilogy (a dark and grim fantasy epic), Iron Mosaic (a collection of short stories) but he is best known for his epic space opera series - Humanity's Fire. Splintered Suns is a stand alone adventure set in this universe.
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