The Dreaming Void

Peter F. Hamilton

Sep 2008 · Void Trilogy Book 1 · Pan Macmillan

About this ebook

Will they find the utopian dream – or a galactic nightmare? From Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void is the first in an epic space opera trilogy. Set in his expansive Commonwealth universe, it is perfect for fans of Iain M. Banks and Stephen Baxter.

AD 3580. The Commonwealth has spread its civilization throughout the galaxy. Its citizens are privileged and protected by a powerful navy. And at the galaxy’s centre is the Void, a sealed universe created by aliens billions of years ago. Yet the Void isn’t inert. It’s expanding – and now it wants to make contact.

The Void chooses Inigo as its conduit and he channels dreams of a simpler, better life within its bounds. His visions attract followers – determined to seek this utopia. And they’ll cross the Void’s forbidden boundaries to reach it. However, this act could trigger push it to grow beyond all control . . . destroying everything in its path.

The Dreaming Void is followed by The Temporal Void in this stunning trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton.

Ratings and reviews

Imagine this: You're watching a combat scene (in a movie or smth) and it's great, you like it a lot. Now imagine watching that combat scene again but with slow motion at the right times- you like it again as much as without slowmo (maybe more) but you get at least twice as much information as before. That's Peter F. Hamilton's writing: very detailed (some times i was just a little before getting bored) and has very advanced vocabulary (as a non native speaker i found my self opening the dictionary quite a lot) but the combat scenes, were worth it. I would definitely buy the next book (the story is just too good to give up) and I would surely recommend this any of my space opera-reading friends.

An epic story and fantastic blend of science fiction and fantasy. I loved the multiple interconnecting stories making this a very rich and multifaceted story. The only criticism is that the multitude of stories and characters can be hard to follow and this book would have benefited from a guide to who the characters are or a more clear outline of them so as not to confuse who is on whose side.

Great book, bad format. No right side alignment. Can't copy words or phrases (I'm using program for translation and learning that listens for copy action)

About the author

Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960 and now lives in Somerset. He began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. He has written many bestselling novels, including the Greg Mandel series, the Night’s Dawn trilogy, the Commonwealth Saga, the Void trilogy, The Chronicle of the Fallers, the Salvation Sequence short story collections and several standalone novels including Fallen Dragon and Great North Road.