Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days

By (author): "Alastair Reynolds"
Publish Date: February 2003
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days
ISBN0441012787
ISBN139780441012787
AsinDiamond Dogs, Turquoise Days
Original titleDiamond Dogs, Turquoise Days
SeriesRevelation Space collection
Diamond Dogs:The planet Golgotha—supposedly lifeless—resides in a remote star system, far from those inhabited by human colonists. It is home to an enigmatic machinelike structure called the Blood Spire, which has already brutally and systematically claimed the lives of one starship crew that attempted to uncover its secrets. But nothing will deter Richard Swift from exploring this object of alien origin...Turquoise Days:In the seas of Turquoise live the Pattern Jugglers, the amorphous, aquatic organisms capable of preserving the memories of any human swimmer who joins their collective consciousness. Naqi Okpik devoted her life to studying these creatures—and paid a high price for swimming among them. Now, she may be the only hope for the survival of the species—and of every person living on Turquoise...