The Reality Dysfunction: Part 1: Emergence

Description for THE REALITY DYSFUNCTION:  PART 1:  EMERGENCE by Peter F Hamilton: A spectacular, vast galactic saga, THE REALITY DYSFUNCTION has won international acclaim, joining the sweeping epic tradition of the Foundation series, Dune, and Hyperion. This is a stunning universe of Edenists, telepathically gene-linked to their sentient ships and living worlds; of nano-augmented star pilots and warriors... and of terrifying ancient alien mysteries beyond human comprehension.CURSE OF THE BLESSEDJoshua Calvert, owner of the Lady Macbeth, is cursed by his good luck; lone Saldana, Lord of Ruin, is cursed by her royal birth; colonists trapped on the stinking jungle world Lalonde are cursed by their faith; entire planets are simply cursed...And a data chip from a long-extinct alien race, the Laymil, holds the only clue to what the phenomenon is--a force unknown to science, an invasion unknown to history. The Laymil called it "the Reality Dysfunction."But they might have called it Hell...