When Alistair is kidnapped by a spaceship full of Goots from Gootula, his main concern is for his overdue library books.

When Alistair is kidnapped by a spaceship full of Goots from Gootula, his main concern is for his overdue library books.

When Mr. Fudwinkle tells Alistair's class to bring in the most unusual plant they can find, Alistair decides to cruise the galaxies for the most unusual plant in the entire universe. But Alistair doesn't count on aliens invading Earth

Alistair's entry in a science competition takes him to many places and time periods, but unfortunately he can't prove this to the judges.

Introduces our universe, our solar system, its planets, moons, asteroids, comets, the stars, constellations, and astronomy facts.

Alastair Reynolds pushes the boundaries of science fiction and “confirms his place among the leaders of the hard-science space-opera renaissance” (Publishers Weekly) in this novel in his Revelation Space universe. Late in the twenty-sixth century, the human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger the Inhibitors—alien killing machines designed to detect intelligent life and destroy it. The only hope for humanity lies in the recovery of a secret cache of doomsday weapons—and a renegade named Clavain who is determined to find them. But other factions want the weapons for their own purposes—and the weapons themselves have another agenda altogether...