01816cam a2200289 4500 436685643 TxAuBib 20200930120000.0 200825s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2020021718 9781250762849 HRD 29.99 1250762847 HRD 29.99 TxAuBib Paolini, Christopher. To sleep in a sea of stars [BOOK] / Christopher Paolini. First U.S. edition. New York : Tor, 2020. 878 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. "A Tom Doherty Associates book.". A space voyager living her dream of exploring new worlds lands on a distant planet ripe for colonization before her discovery of a mysterious relic transforms her life and threatens the entire human race. Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds. Now she's awakened a nightmare. During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn't at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now, Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope... 20200930. Human-alien encounters Fiction. Space colonies Fiction. Extraterrestrial beings Fiction. Space warfare Fiction. Science fiction.