Hilldiggers

During a war between two planets in the same solar system - each occupied by adapted humans - what is thought to be a cosmic superstring is discovered. After being cut, this object collapses into four cylindrical pieces, each about the size of a tube train. Each is densely packed with either alien technology or some kind of life. They are placed for safety in three ozark cylinders of a massively secure space station. There a female research scientist subsequently falls pregnant, and gives birth to quads. Then she commits suicide - but why? By the end of the war one of the contesting planets has been devastated by the hilldiggers - giant space dreadnoughts employing weapons capable of creating mountain ranges. The quads have meanwhile grown up and are assuming positions of power in the post-war society. One of them will eventually gain control of the awesome hilldiggers ...

ISBN 1405055006   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781405055000 (What's this?)   Pages 496 Publisher Pan Macmillan   Published in London Imprint Tor   Series title Novel of the Polity Format Hardback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 06 Jul 2007   Width (mm) 153 DEWEY 823.92   Academic level General

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