To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - by Christopher Paolini (Hardcover)

About the 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. Book Synopsis Now a New York Times and USA Today bestseller! Winner of Best Science Fiction in the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards! To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a brand new epic novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eragon, Christopher Paolini. 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.. Review Quotes "A powerful piece of SF, with intelligent writing and big ideas."--Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time "Fans of all kinds, one can be sure, will come to question, and stay to explore."-- The Wall Street Journal "The skills honed in his YA fantasy series, Inheritance ( Eragon, 2003), are on full display here in his vibrant world building, especially in the