Pandora's Star

<p><b><i>Pandora's Star </i>is the first part of Peter F. Hamilton's epic Commonwealth Saga duology </b>&ndash;<b> a fantastic galaxy-spanning novel from the master of space opera. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Alastair Reynolds.</b><br><br><b>At the edge of the galaxy something awakens </b>&ndash;<b> and it's coming for us . . .</b><br><br>Earth AD 2329: Humanity has colonized over four hundred planets, all interlinked by wormholes. For the first time in mankind's history there is peace. Then a star over a thousand light years away suddenly vanishes, imprisoned inside a force field of immense size. Yet who <b>&ndash;</b> or what <b>&ndash;</b> has that sort of technology? And what could this mean for us? Only a faster-than-light starship, captained by ex-NASA astronaut Wilson Kime, can reach that distance to investigate.<br><br>F