Slow Bullets
Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds, published by Tachyon Publications in 2015, is a science fiction narrative that explores themes of war, identity, and survival. This edition spans 192 pages and is presented in English. The story follows a conscripted soldier named Scur, who grapples with her life after a vast interstellar conflict that has affected countless worlds. As she contemplates her future, Scur finds herself captured by a war criminal and left for dead, only to awaken aboard a malfunctioning prisoner transport vessel.
Readers will encounter a gripping tale where combatants from opposing sides awaken from hibernation, their memories stored in bullets that connect them to a world now unrecognizable. The narrative delves into the complexities of betrayal and the preservation of civilization amidst chaos. As Scur navigates her new reality, she faces not only her old enemy but also the heightened stakes of survival in a transformed universe. This edition offers a thought-provoking exploration of military and technological themes within a post-apocalyptic setting.
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From the author of the Revelation Space series comes an interstellar adventure of war, identity, betrayal, and the preservation of civilization itself.
A vast conflict, one that has encompassed hundreds of worlds and solar systems, appears to be finally at an end. A conscripted soldier is beginning to consider her life after the war and the family she has left behind. But for Scur–and for humanity–peace is not to be.
On the brink of the ceasefire, Scur is captured by a renegade war criminal, and left for dead in the ruins of a bunker. She revives aboard a prisoner transport vessel. Something has gone terribly wrong with the ship.
Passengers–combatants from both sides of the war–are waking up from hibernation far too soon. Their memories, embedded in bullets, are the only links to a world which is no longer recognizable. And Scur will be reacquainted with her old enemy, but with much higher stakes than just her own life.
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