#177 in Science fiction
Salvation
- 560
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Salvation” builds a whole future out of one idea, portals that make distance meaningless, and follows the consequences inventively. The story is assembled from linked episodes, each a flashback from the life of a main character, around a team sent to assess a wrecked alien ship. That structure suits readers who like a mystery pieced together from several lives. It opens Peter F. Hamilton’s trilogy “The Salvation Sequence”.
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About the book
Salvation is the first mesmerising space opera in the legendary Salvation Sequence, by Peter F. Hamilton. For fans of Iain M. Banks and James S. A. Corey. An alien shipwreck is found on a newly discovered world, and it carries a cargo as strange as it is horrifying. Security Director Feriton Kayne assembles a high-powered squad to assess the threat. But one of the group is hiding something – it will be up to the team to bring back answers, answers that will change everything . . . Back on Earth, humanity can extend lifespans indefinitely, travel to the stars via portal technology and even make deserts bloom. We seem invulnerable. So when the alien Olyix contacted us, years earlier, we welcomed them. They needed fuel for their pilgrimage across the galaxy – and in exchange they helped advance our technology. But will they prove a blessing – or a curse?
Reading order · The Salvation Sequence
Full order & progress →- SalvationThis book
8.18.1 / 10 - Salvation Lost
–Not ranked yet - The Saints of Salvation
–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 212 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 59% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.7 | 12 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 200 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is Salvation?
It has 560 pages — longer than 73% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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