Peter F. Hamilton : The Reality Dysfunction & The Neutronium Alchemist

Part 1 & 2 og The Night's Dawn Trilogy - hard science fiction, space opera . . .

Part 1 : In AD 2600 the human race is finally realizing its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets across the galaxy host a multitude of wildly diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has pushed evolution far beyond nature's boundaries, defeating disease and producing extraordinary spaceborn creatures. Huge fleets of sentient trader starships thrive on the wealth created by the industrialization of entire star systems. And throughout inhabited space the Confederation Navy keeps the peace. A true golden age is within our grasp. But now something has gone catastrophically wrong. On a primitive colony planet a renegade criminal's chance encounter with an utterly alien entity unleashes the most primal of all our fears. An extinct race which inhabited the galaxy aeons ago called it 'The Reality Dysfunction', and is the nightmare which has prowled beside us since the beginning of history.

Part 2 : Føderasjonens fredfulle verden ble ødelagt av den gamle trusselen, og de som ga etter har fått allmektige og onde krefter. Innbyggerne i galaksen kjemper mot disse maktene og regjeringene er på randen av anarki. I slike vanskelige tider trenger galaksen absolutt ikke et nytt og farlig våpen, men dr. Alkad Mzu er allikevel bestemt på å finne igjen alkymisten for å hevne en tretti år gammel strid.