To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)

by Christopher Paolini

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 Navarez 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 . . .

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

Reviewed by HekArtemis on

4 of 5 stars

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4.5 stars. This was super fun scifi with a slight cosmic horror feel to it. But only because of all the tentacles and maws and old ones and stuff. It's not actually very horrory imo.

My main issues were the consistent "Alan" running through the whole 800 pages. And the end went a bit Silmarillion there which is an interesting choice for scifi that I don't think fit perfectly, despite the various dream sequences throughout.

Gregoravich was great, as were Runcible and Mr Fuzzypants. But the Entropists were the standout for me. I hope any future Fractalverse books feature some of them again. And to that, I do like the breadth of the world/universe building and the snippets of depth we get as well. I am definitely looking forward to more books in this universe.

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