A modern sci-fi/techno-thriller set on the colonized celestial body Astire.
A philosophical and dramatic novel that was also adapted into a movie by Vladimir Khotinenko. roi skachat knigu besplatno
Set during the Jacobite Rising of 1715, it follows Frank Osbaldistone as he navigates family betrayal, political intrigue in the Scottish Highlands, and his encounter with the legendary outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor . A human scientist, Dr
A human scientist, Dr. Simon Afriel, travels to a distant asteroid colony inhabited by an ancient, mindless alien collective known as the Swarm . He intends to steal their genetic secrets to help humanity genetically engineer their own labor force. He believes the Swarm is unintelligent and easily manipulated. He believes the Swarm is unintelligent and easily
He discovers that the Swarm is not mindless but has a specialized "intelligence" caste that only awakens when the hive is threatened by external parasites (like humans). The Swarm eventually captures him, explaining that they have absorbed countless "intelligent" civilizations over millions of years by turning them into mindless symbionts.