About this ebook
Across seven original tales from master of science fiction Peter F. Hamilton, Manhattan in Reverse offers captivating glimpses into incredible worlds – with characters old and new.
'Each short story has enough ideas for a whole novel' – Ken Follett, author of The Pillars of the Earth
Following the events of Judas Unchained, Paula Myo returns. In the title story Manhattan in Reverse, the detective is on the case of a species believed to be without sentience – until it attacks the human colonisers. And, in The Demon Trap, Paula is dispatched to investigate a terrorist attack – and a motive that will be hard to unravel. Elsewhere, Watching Trees Grow tells of a murder in an alternative 1800s Oxford, and The Forever Kitten raises questions of eternal youth – and the sacrifices required to pursue it.
With all his usual brilliantly conceived storytelling, Peter F. Hamilton’s talents are on full display in Manhattan in Reverse.
'Each short story has enough ideas for a whole novel' – Ken Follett, author of The Pillars of the Earth
Following the events of Judas Unchained, Paula Myo returns. In the title story Manhattan in Reverse, the detective is on the case of a species believed to be without sentience – until it attacks the human colonisers. And, in The Demon Trap, Paula is dispatched to investigate a terrorist attack – and a motive that will be hard to unravel. Elsewhere, Watching Trees Grow tells of a murder in an alternative 1800s Oxford, and The Forever Kitten raises questions of eternal youth – and the sacrifices required to pursue it.
With all his usual brilliantly conceived storytelling, Peter F. Hamilton’s talents are on full display in Manhattan in Reverse.
Ratings and reviews
4.4
82 reviews
Riccardo Govoni
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January 6, 2013
A good collection of not-so-short stories. I'd say a must have of you like Hamilton's works (I do), and you didn't have a chance to read some of this stories before. Paula Myo's ones are good complements to the classic Commonwealth Saga material, and Watching Trees Grow is a nice alternate-past setting worth a read
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Brian Castle-Rees
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March 20, 2014
Nice relaxing read with interesting twists and turns. Not too intense so ok after a long day at work lol
A Google user
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October 16, 2012
Giving it 4 stars as I prefer the Commonwealth era however they were good. Paula myo stories were great. Worth the money.
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, short story collections and several standalone novels including Fallen Dragon and Great North Road.
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