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Four hundred years in the future, time travel has been perfected and groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence have been made. But is this a great step forward for humanity--or its ultimate downfall?
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Characters/People edit
- Martin Springfield: The book's male protagonist; a not-so-ordinary starship engineer.
- Rachel Mansour: The book's female protagonist; mystery woman.
- Vassily: Add a description of this character.
- Vanek
- Mirsky
- Rochard
- Burya Rubenstein
- Sauer
- Kossov
- Herman
- Kurtz
- Robard
- Bauer
- Ilya
- Murametz
- Leonov
- Marek
- Helsingus
- Krupkin
- Mr. Rabbit
- Felix
- Duke Michael
- Grubor
- Boursy
- Raven
- Oleg
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
"May I ask what I'm charged with?" asked Martin.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Charles Stross (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ace Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0441010725
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Ace Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0441010725
Page Count: 320
Awards edit
- Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (2011, nominee)
- Hugo Award (Finalist, 2004: Best Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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