The Reality Dysfunction

· The Night's Dawn trilogy Book 1 · Macmillan Digital Audio · Narrated by John Lee
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The first in the Night's Dawn trilogy, The Reality Dysfunction is a sweeping, intergalactic adventure from the master of space opera, Peter F. Hamilton. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Alastair Reynolds.

An extinct race named this phenomenon 'the Reality Dysfunction'. It is a nightmare that has haunted us since the dawn of time . . .

In AD 2600, the human race is finally realizing its potential. The galaxy’s colonized planets host a multitude of diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has defeated disease and produced extraordinary space-born creatures. Huge fleets of sentient trader starships thrive, living on the wealth created by industrializing entire star systems. And throughout inhabited space, the Confederation Navy keeps the peace.

Then something goes catastrophically wrong. On a primitive colony planet, a renegade criminal encounters an utterly alien entity. And this unintended meeting triggers the release of those that should never see the light – threatening everything we’ve become . . .

'Hamilton puts British sci-fi back into interstellar overdrive' – The Times

The Reality Dysfunction is followed by The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God.

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4.6
10 reviews
Trev S
April 23, 2018
Garbage - 5 chapters in and still not even a hint of a story line developing. Characters are thrown in with no introduction, just starts talking about what they're doing. I just wish I didn't wait a few weeks before I started it as the period to request a refund has expired.
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Martin Rez
February 1, 2020
Again got all three audio and hardcopy good to read good to listen, reminds me a little of the book the number of the beast with having characters from the past in it it's certainly graphic in places, wether that's good or bad depends on your views always say if you don't like it skip over it don't moan about it. Worth reading or listing to
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Anil Das
April 7, 2024
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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.

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